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).
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181. A jury in Sacramento convicted Vernon Watts of cocaine possession with intent to distribute but acquitted him of a firearms charge.
182. Heriot's forwards tore into the game and won an endless stream of possession which their backs used superbly.
183. The local authority brought proceedings in the county court for possession of the temporary accommodation.
184. Moral freedom is, broadly speaking, the possession of the ability t choose either good or evil.
185. The Firearms Act 1968 sets out to control the possession of firearms and ammunition, and contains several offences.
186. It can require the undertaking concerned to provide all necessary information and all relevant documentation in its possession.
187. It is said that other Presidents without congressional authority have taken possession of private business enterprises in order to settle labor disputes.
188. Lee was charged with felony sale of controlled substances and possession for sale of a controlled substance.
189. Possession of such direct observations on expectations would allow us to test the validity of the rational expectations hypothesis in two ways.
190. The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land. Ralph Waldo Emerson
191. The drug cache that the men were found in possession of was worth roughly $1 million.
192. We must sacrifice the most valued possession among us and make it a burnt offering.
193. Second is that in the physical possession of the things which money can buy.
194. This may seem a little absurd since the buyer in possession may well not be a mercantile agent.
195. When arrested, he was found to be in possession of a small-calibre handgun and several rounds of live ammunition.
195. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
196. Also patron of epileptics and runaways; she is invoked against diabolic possession and mental disorders.
197. Another passenger, Damon D.. Stewart, 24, also of Hampton, was charged with possession of marijuana.
198. Xavier Hicks, model student, was being charged with assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a concealed weapon.
199. Possession is nine-tenths of the law and the back pass is safe and sure.
200. The judge decided that the defendant was within that definition and could remain in possession.
201. He was a grown man[sentencedict.com], in full possession of his civil rights.
202. They could both accept that the upper class should be defined, first and foremost, by its possession of productive capital.
203. Janet Janet was thirty-one when she was arrested for possession of drugs.
204. They searched each person, every vehicle and made ten arrests for possession of drugs.
205. A particular stumbling-block is the significance of possession as a determinant of property rights.
206. The possession of Aquitaine and, after 1279, Ponthieu also gave opportunities for individual advancement in the king-duke's service.
207. Possession of species specific antigens could therefore be a disadvantage as these may be the ones that induce such necrotic reactions.
208. In the other he remained in full control of events and in full possession of his rightful authority.
209. Iverson was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana and possession of firearms with a controlled substance.
210. The next step is for the lessor to make a court application to obtain an order for possession.
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