Possession

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Possession may refer to:

Law

• Dependent territory, an area of land over which another country exercises sovereignty, but which does not have the full right of participation in that country's governance
• Drug possession, a crime
• Ownership
• Personal property, physical possessions belonging to a person
• Possession (law), exclusive practical control of a thing, in the context of the legal implications of that control
• Title (property)

Linguistics

• Inalienable possession, relationship between two objects that is irreversible
• Possession (linguistics), grammatically expressed relationship such as control-of and ownership

Supernatural possession

• Demonic possession, psychokinetic control of a person by the Devil or other malevolent spirit
• Spirit possession, psychokinetic control of the behavior of a living thing or natural object by a spiritual being

Places

• La Possession, French commune on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion
• Possession Island (disambiguation), various islands including a French island in the Indian Ocean and other three islands
• Possession Point, former land form, Hong Kong
• Possession Sound, Washington state
• Possession Street, Hong Kong

Arts and entertainment

Other

• Possession (sports), control of the ball, generally conveying an opportunity to score

See also

• Adverse possession
• Dispossess
• Eviction
• Human possession in science fiction
• Possessed (disambiguation)
• Possession Island (disambiguation)
• Possessive (disambiguation)
• Repossession
• US Possession, soccer club on Réunion Island