Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 13 compound words that contain possession. The most common are listed below. Open possession in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- take possessionTo become the owner.
- adverse possessionA means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or …
- thing in possessionSynonym of chose in possession: Property that is capable to be possessed.
- caught in possessionsimple past and past participle of catch in possession
- things in possessionplural of thing in possession: Property that is capable to be possessed.
- took possessionsimple past of take possession
- Possession IslandA small island in the Torres Strait Islands group off the coast of far northern Queensland, Australia.
- self-possessionA confidence in one's own powers.
- possession arrowAn arrow that determines which side possesses the ball in cases where it is otherwise unclear. In such cases, possession of the ball is awarded to the team that is moving in the direction of the possession arrow on offense.
- catch in possessionTo be forced to relinquish the ball, which one can only keep in possession for a limited time, when there is no one from one's own team to pass it to.
- hostile possessionSynonym of adverse possession: A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive …
- chose in possessionProperty that is capable to be possessed.
- debtor in possessionA natural person or corporation that has filed a bankruptcy petition, but remains in possession of property upon which a creditor has a lien or similar security interest. Such a business may continue to operate its business under Chapter …
- choses in possessionplural of chose in possession: Property that is capable to be possessed.
- Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession LanguageMaroon Spirit
- possession is nine-tenths of the lawOne who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession.
- taken possessionpast participle of take possession: To become the owner.
- takes possessionthird-person singular simple present indicative of take possession: To become the owner.
- taking possessionpresent participle and gerund of take possession
- possession arrowsplural of possession arrow: An arrow that determines which side possesses the ball in cases where it is otherwise unclear. In such cases, possession of the ball is awarded to the team that is moving in the direction of the possession arrow …
- catching in possessionpresent participle and gerund of catch in possession
- catches in possessionthird-person singular simple present indicative of catch in possession: To be forced to relinquish the ball, which one can only keep in possession for a limited time, when there is no one from one's own team to pass it to.
- debtors in possessionplural of debtor in possession: A natural person or corporation that has filed a bankruptcy petition, but remains in possession of property upon which a creditor has a lien or similar security interest. Such a business may continue to …
- fee simple absolute in possessionThe unqualified and unrestricted ownership of an estate in land; freehold tenure.
- possession with intent to supplyThe criminal offence of being in possession of an illegal drug with the intent to deal or otherwise supply it to another person; typically, by being in possession of a quantity sufficiently large that it is implausible to claim that it is …
Compound words 13
- possessionismThe tendency to expand one's ownership of property without regard for its ethical implications.
- possessionisticPertaining to possessionism.
- possessionaryOf or pertaining to possession.
- nonpossessionA lack of possession; not possessing something.
- possessionalRelating to possession.
- possessionistA proponent of possessionism.
- possessionerA possessor; a holder of property.
- dispossessionThe act of dispossessing someone of something.
- possessionlessWithout possessions.
- prepossessionA preoccupation; having possession beforehand.