possessions (Meaning)

self-possession, the knowing ability and sometimes intent to exercise dominion and control over something (as illegal drugs) either directly or through others, the act of possessing or holding as one's own, direct physical custody, care, or control of property or contraband (as illegal drugs), an instance of having such control (as in football), possession (as in adverse possession) that is antagonistic to the claims of all others (as a record owner) and that is carried out with the intention to possess the property exclusively, an area under the control of but not actually part of a nation, possession that exists by virtue of a right (as by title) rather than direct occupancy or control, control or occupancy of property without regard to ownership, the act of having or taking into control, control by an idea or influence from outside oneself, control of the ball or puck, possession that exists by virtue of an intent to be the owner of a property even though one no longer occupies or has physical control of it, knowing dominion and control over a controlled substance or other contraband, ownership, the method of acquiring title by such possession see also hostile possession and notorious possession in this entry compare prescription, something held as one's own, something owned, occupied, or controlled, direct occupancy, use, or control of real property, the act, fact, or condition of having control of something, something controlled, occupied, or owned, actual possession in this entry, domination by something (such as an evil spirit, a passion, or an idea), possession of property that is exercised by another (as a lessee) with the permission of or on behalf of the owner see also acquisitive prescription at prescription, the detention or enjoyment of a corporeal thing, possession (as in adverse possession) that is so conspicuous that it is generally known by people in the vicinity of the property and so gives rise to a presumption that the owner has notice of it, a psychological state in which an individual's normal personality is replaced by another, actual possession of another's real property that is open, hostile, exclusive, continuous, adverse to the claim of the owner, often under a claim of right or color of title, and that may give rise to title in the possessor if carried out for a specified statutory period (as ten years), control or occupancy of property, constructive possession in this entry, control of property without regard to ownership