possessed

possessed
Mad; under the control of evil spirits. Having possession. Seized. Flowers v Flowers, 89 Ga 632, 635. The term is a variable one in the law, and has different meanings as it is used in different circumstances. It sometimes means a temporary interest in lands; as we say a man is possessed, in contradistinction to being seized. It sometimes implies the corporal having; as we say a man is seized and possessed. But it sometimes implies no more than that one has a property in a thing; that he has it as owner; that it is his. In this sense it may be used even though an intruder may have excluded the owner for the time being. And there is never any impropriety in making use of the term when the only possession the intruder has is apparently subordinate to that of the general owner. Mayor of Detroit v Park Com. 44 Mich 602, 603.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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