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  • 41Possession de soi — ● Possession de soi maîtrise de soi …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 42possession — mid 14c., act or fact of possessing, also that which is possessed, from L. possessionem (nom. possessio), from pp. stem of possidere to possess. Legal property sense is earliest; demonic sense first recorded 1580s …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 43possession — ► NOUN 1) the state of possessing something. 2) a thing owned or possessed. 3) the state of being possessed by a demon, emotion, etc. 4) (in sport) temporary control of the ball by a player or team …

    English terms dictionary

  • 44possession is nine tenths of the law — possession is nine tenths of the ˈlaw idiom (saying) if you already have or control sth, it is difficult for sb else to take it away from you, even if they have the legal right to it Main entry: ↑possessionidiom …

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  • 45possession — Having control over a thing with the intent to have and to exercise such control. Oswald v. Weigel, 219 Kan. 616, 549 P.2d 568, 569. The detention and control, or the manual or ideal custody, of anything which may be the subject of property, for… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 46possession — (po sè sion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1°   État, action par laquelle on a la propriété de.... •   Dans sa possession [de l empire] j ai trouvé pour tous charmes D effroyables soucis, d éternelles alarmes, CORN. Cinna, II, 1. •   L… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 47possession are the following: —    • making a PACT with the Devil or demons    • participating in occult or spiritualist rites, including playing with divination devices such as a OUIJA™ or doing automatic writing    • offering or dedicating a child to SATAN    • being the… …

    Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology

  • 48POSSESSION — s. f. Jouissance, liberté, faculté actuelle de disposer ou de jouir d un bien. Possession légitime. Possession injuste. Possession paisible. Être en paisible possession. Possession immémoriale et non interrompue. Possession annale. Possession d… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 49POSSESSION — n. f. Jouissance, faculté actuelle de disposer ou de jouir d’un bien. Possession légitime. Possession injuste. Possession paisible. être en paisible possession. Possession immémoriale et non interrompue. Possession annale. Possession d’an et jour …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 50Possession (law) — In law, possession is the control a person intentionally exercises toward a thing. In all cases, to possess something, a person must have an intention to possess it. A person may be in possession of some property (although possession does not… …

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