possessions

  • 11possessions — n. pl. Property, estate, effects, assets …

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  • 12possessions — Technically referring to personalty, but subject to construction, where it appears in a will, as including real estate. 57 Am J1st Wills § 1338 …

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  • 13valuable possessions — possessions of high worth, valuable things that one owns …

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  • 14Possessions of Sweden — This is a list of possessions of Sweden held outside of Sweden proper during the early modern period. Fiefs Fiefs that were held for a limited time. *Scania (Agreement of Helsingborg, 1332 1360 and since 1658) *Blekinge (Agreement of Helsingborg …

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  • 15possessions corporation — A type of corporation permitted under the US tax code whose branch operation in a US possession can obtain tax benefits as though it were operating as a foreign subsidiary. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 16Inalienable Possessions — The concept of Inalienable Possessions coined from Annette Weiner’s observation regarding the many objects of the Trobriand islanders who view those objects as culturally imbued with a spiritual sense of the gift giver (Wilk 2007). Thus, when… …

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  • 17Loudun possessions — Urbain Grandier, who was convicted and executed as a result of the Loudun possessions The Loudun possessions were a group of supposed demonic possessions which took place in Loudun, France, in 1634. This case involved the Ursuline nuns of Loudun… …

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  • 18Évolution territoriale des possessions des Habsbourg — Évolution territoriale du domaine autrichien des Habsbourg entre 1282 et 1918. Cet article recense l évolution territoriale des possessions des Habsbourg, depuis les origines de la dynastie jusqu à la fin de l Autriche Hongrie en 1918. Sommaire …

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  • 19Louviers possessions — The possessions at Louviers (Normandy, France), similar to those in Aix en Provence, occurred at the Louviers Convent in 1647. As with both the Aix case and its later counterpart in Loudun, the conviction of the priests involved hinged on the… …

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  • 20Aix-en-Provence possessions — In 1611 at Aix en Provence (South of France), Father Louis Gaufridi was accused of causing demonic possession in the Ursuline nuns at Aix. He was found guilty and burned at the stake atop a pile of bushes, because they burned slower and hotter… …

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