Possession Point — (Chinese: 水坑口) is a former point of the land of the north coast of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, before land reclamation moved the coast further to the north.It is the location where the Royal Navy landed on Hong Kong Island, before the signing… … Wikipedia
possession in deed — Same as possession in fact … Ballentine's law dictionary
possession — 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 … Law dictionary
Possession (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… … Wikipedia
Possession (novel) — Possession: A Romance First American edition cover … Wikipedia
possession — 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
possession — /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… … Universalium
possession — 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
Possession (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… … Wikipedia
Possession — Shamans are sometimes distinguished from other religious or cultural leaders by their ability to deliberately enter a trance that is sometimes considered to be equivalent to possession. Mircea Eliade and Luc de Heusch categorically distinguish … Historical dictionary of shamanism