Synonym: monomania, ownership, self-command, self-control, self-possession, self-will, willpower. Similar words: prepossessing, possess, dispossess, session, obsession, cession, secession, recession. Meaning: [pə'zeʃn] 
n. 1. the act of having and controlling property 2. anything owned or possessed 3. being controlled by passion or the supernatural 4. a mania restricted to one thing or idea 5. a territory that is controlled by a ruling state 6. the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior 7. (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck).
n. 1. the act of having and controlling property 2. anything owned or possessed 3. being controlled by passion or the supernatural 4. a mania restricted to one thing or idea 5. a territory that is controlled by a ruling state 6. the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior 7. (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck). 
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121. Police arrested Fotinos on suspicion of grand theft, possession of stolen property and embezzlement from a public entity, Beijen said.
122. If we try to analyse the conception of possession, we find two elements.
123. This ensured that the practice of medicine was based on possession of a university education, from which women were barred.
124. So the bizzies come round here and bust me for possession.
125. Some viewed the girl's shaking as a sign of demonic possession.
126. An impatient mob broke down the doors, took possession of the station, and commandeered the trains without paying their fares.
127. When finally he fitted his lean hips into the cradle of hers she was ready for him, impatient for his possession.
128. From the copy now in the possession of Mr. Tony Titford of West Horsley.
129. A landlord can not normally bring an action for trespass as the tenant is the person who has possession.
130. Irvin is on probation after pleading no contest in July to a felony charge of cocaine possession.
131. On the radio whenever Leeds have possession they seem to waffle on about a load of bollocks.
132. But Leonard Koerner, counsel for the city, said adverse possession does not apply in this case.
133. A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession. Hippocrates 
134. Leeds enjoyed abundant possession last Saturday, and forced 16 corners to their opponents' one.
135. This then is the context within which statutory rules and cases on adverse possession must be seen.
136. The parish church at Chiaramonte has possession of the remains(http://sentencedict.com/possession.html), which are kept under the altar in an ancient urn.
137. The man found in possession of her stolen cheque book and card has been allowed to walk free from court.
138. Such voluntary transfers of possession are called bailment, and the person who so acquires possession is a bailee of the goods.
139. The assistant recorder, sitting in the county court, refused leave to introduce the counterclaim and made an order for possession.
140. And nor will the magistrates ever have to deal with some one charged with being in possession of a full bladder.
141. Deskilling is symptomatic of the way in which a worker's labour is taken possession of by the capitalist.
142. The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it. Anthony Burgess
143. It also would increase criminal penalties for possession of methamphetamine-related chemicals or equipment with the intent to manufacture the drug.
144. It does not deal directly with possession of weapons, nor with the legitimacy of resort to war in the first place.
145. They were being held without bail on suspicion of conspiracy, possession of explosive devices and burglary.
146. It will recommend scrapping prison sentences for possession of cannabis, and taking ecstasy off the list of Class A drugs.
147. Co-ownership Co-ownership entitles two or more persons concurrently to the possession and enjoyment of the same land.
148. In other words, a scarcity value attaches at present to the possession of a licence.
149. His second most prized possession was a magic cauldron that could never be emptied.
150. A man and a woman were charged on April 15 with conspiracy to cause explosions and with possession of explosives and arms.
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