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  • 1have possession of — index occupy (take possession) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2have possession — index remain (occupy) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3possession — pos‧ses‧sion [pəˈzeʆn] noun 1. [countable] something that someone owns: • It s vital to insure your possessions for the journey to your new home. 2. [uncountable] the state of having or owning something: • What happens if the buyer has… …

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  • 4Possession (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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  • 5possession — noun 1 STH YOU OWN (countable usually plural) something that someone owns and keeps or uses themselves: The police went through all the dead girl s possessions. | I packed my remaining possessions into the trunk. 2 STATE OF HAVING STH (U) formal… …

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  • 6possession — /peuh zesh euhn/, n. 1. the act or fact of possessing. 2. the state of being possessed. 3. ownership. 4. Law. actual holding or occupancy, either with or without rights of ownership. 5. a thing possessed: He packed all his possessions into one… …

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  • 7possession */*/ — UK [pəˈzeʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms possession : singular possession plural possessions 1) [countable, usually plural] something that you own Their family home and possessions were destroyed in the fire. all your worldly possessions (=… …

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  • 8possession — Actual physical control of goods or land. Possession has a wide variety of meanings in English law, depending on the nature of the property and the circumstances. For example, a person may still have possession of goods that have been lost or… …

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  • 9possession — pos·ses·sion /pə ze shən/ n 1: the act, fact, or condition of having control of something: as a: actual possession in this entry b: constructive possession in …

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  • 10Possession (linguistics) — Possession, in the context of linguistics, is an asymmetric relationship between two constituents, the referent of one of which (the possessor) possesses (owns, rules over, has as a part, etc.) the referent of the other.Possession may be marked… …

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