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Possess :: Possess (v. t.) To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively..

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office..

Occupant :: Occupant (n.) One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing..

In Posse :: In posse () In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; -- contradistinguished from in esse..

Impropriator :: Impropriator (n.) One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property..

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..

Destitute :: Destitute (a.) Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of..

Mandate :: Mandate (n.) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation..

Infeudation :: Infeudation (n.) The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee.

Remainder :: Remainder (n.) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder..

Uti Possidetis :: Uti possidetis () The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war.

Usurp :: Usurp (v. t.) To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him..

Get :: Get (v. t.) Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have..

Dispossession :: Dispossession (n.) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster..

Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands..

Vest :: Vest (n.) To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession..

Redeem :: Redeem (v. t.) To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase.

Devoid :: Devoid (v. t.) Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride..

Indwell :: Indwell (v. t. & i.) To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.

Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..

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