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We've found 593 definitions containing the term: possession.. (0.63 seconds)

seizin  Webster Dictionary
possession..possession of an estate of froehold. It may be either in deed or in law; the former when there is actual possession, the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership
ownership  (ownership) Princeton's WordNet
the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
right of re-entry  (right of re-entry) Princeton's WordNet
the legal right to resume possession (a right that was reserved when a former possession was parted with)
seisin  (ˈsi zɪn) Random House Webster's College Dictionary
possession..r right to possession of an estate of freehold.
enjoyment  Webster Dictionary
the condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate
dispossession  Webster Dictionary
the putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster
procure  Webster Dictionary
to bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get; to obtain by any means, as by purchase or loan
expropriate  Webster Dictionary
to put out of one's possession; to surrender the ownership of; also, to deprive of possession or proprietary rights
unappropriate  Webster Dictionary
to take from private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all; as, to unappropriate a monopoly
release  Webster Dictionary
to let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit
impatronization  Webster Dictionary
absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession
disseize  Webster Dictionary
to deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold
reinstate  Webster Dictionary
to place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom
beneficiary  Webster Dictionary
holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession
inherit  Webster Dictionary
to come into possession of; to possess; to own; to enjoy as a possession
possessive  Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession
possessionary  Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession
consign  Webster Dictionary
to give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave
in  Webster Dictionary
with privilege or possession; -- used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin; as, in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
possessory  Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord
remitter  Webster Dictionary
the sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit
vest  Webster Dictionary
to clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession
fruition  Webster Dictionary
use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use
sequester  Webster Dictionary
to separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate
hypothecate  Webster Dictionary
to subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry
come upon  (enter upon, come upon, luck into) Princeton's WordNet
take possession of
receive  (receive, have) Princeton's WordNet
get something; come into possession of
away  (away, out) Princeton's WordNet
from one's possession
have  (receive, have) Princeton's WordNet
get something; come into possession of
take  (take) Princeton's WordNet
take into one's possession
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