Possession

[puh-zesh-uh n] /pəˈzɛʃ ən/

noun
1.
the act or fact of possessing.
2.
the state of being possessed.
3.
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4.
Law. actual holding or occupancy, either with or without rights of ownership.
5.
a thing possessed:
He packed all his possessions into one trunk.
6.
possessions, property or wealth.
7.
a territorial dominion of a state.
8.
Sports.

9.
control over oneself, one’s mind, etc.
10.
domination, actuation, or obsession by a feeling, idea, etc.
11.
the feeling or idea itself.
/pəˈzɛʃən/
noun
1.
the act of possessing or state of being possessed: in possession of the crown
2.
anything that is owned or possessed
3.
(pl) wealth or property
4.
the state of being controlled or dominated by or as if by evil spirits
5.
the physical control or occupancy of land, property, etc, whether or not accompanied by ownership: to take possession of a house
6.
a territory subject to a foreign state or to a sovereign prince: colonial possessions
7.
(sport) control of the ball, puck, etc, as exercised by a player or team: he lost possession in his own half
n.

mid-14c., “act or fact of possessing, a taking possession, occupation,” also “thing possessed, that which is possessed,” from Old French possession “fact of having and holding; what is possessed;” also “demonic possession,” and directly from Latin possessionem (nominative possessio), noun of action from past participle stem of possidere “to possess” (see possess). Legal property sense is earliest; demonic sense first recorded 1580s. Phrase possession is nine (or eleven) points of the law is out of a supposed 10 (or 12). With eleven from 1640s; with nine from 1690s.

noun

The state of having illegal drugs (1970+)