Definition of possession

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Possession (v. t.) To invest with property.

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Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent..
Bone :: Bone (v. t.) To steal; to take possession of.
Genitive :: Genitive (a.) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.
Claim :: Claim (n.) A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant..
Discommunity :: Discommunity (n.) A lack of common possessions, properties, or relationship..
Present :: Present (a.) To pass over, esp. in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over..
Valuable :: Valuable (n.) A precious possession; a thing of value, especially a small thing, as an article of jewelry; -- used mostly in the plural..
Livingness :: Livingness (n.) The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.
Coolness :: Coolness (n.) Calm impudence; self-possession.
Collectedness :: Collectedness (n.) A collected state of the mind; self-possession.
Birthright :: Birthright (n.) Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born..
Occupy :: Occupy (v. i.) To hold possession; to be an occupant.
Acquisitiveness :: Acquisitiveness (n.) The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
Livery :: Livery (n.) The writ by which possession is obtained.
Prepossess :: Prepossess (v. t.) To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of..
Return :: Return (v. i.) To revert; to pass back into possession.
Discontinuor :: Discontinuor (n.) One who deprives another of the possession of an estate by discontinuance. See Discontinuance, 2..
Bias :: Bias (n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination..
Add :: Add (v. t.) To give by way of increased possession (to any one); to bestow (on).
Intrusion :: Intrusion (n.) The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion has taken possession..
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