(n.) The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's
own.
(n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's
power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether
rightful or wrongful.
(n.) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns,
or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth;
dominion; as, foreign possessions.
(n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an
evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal
possession.
(v. t.) To invest with property.
