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possession English

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What does possession mean?
Definitions in simple English

possession

Power or control over something, as distinct from lawful ownership; holding or occupancy. Ownership of something. I have possession of some valuable antiques. Something that is owned. These are my possessions. A territory that is under the rule of another country. Puerto Rico is a possession of the United States. Possession is when a person's body is controlled by a demon or other supernatural being. Exorcism is a movie about possession. In sports, possession is control of the ball. Real Madrid now has possession of the ball and is trying to score.

possession

the act of having and controlling property anything owned or possessed (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck) they took possession of the ball on their own goal line a territory that is controlled by a ruling state being controlled by passion or the supernatural (= monomania) a mania restricted to one thing or idea (= self-control) the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

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Simple sentences

Portugal has decriminalized the personal possession of drugs.
Adam spent 3 years in jail for drug possession.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Music festival goers were met at the entrance by police sniffer dogs, resulting in over one hundred arrests for drug possession.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
The possession of intellect is what distinguishes us from wild animals.
Our health is our most precious possession.
Portugal has decriminalized the possession of drugs for personal use.

Movie subtitles

That you are my precious possession.
I distinctly recall seeing a pair of curved ones in your possession yesterday.
They're charged with possession. of eggs.
Believing Ulysses to be dead, the suitors take possession of his house and demand that Penelope choose a new husband among them.
How did it come to be in your possession?
Had this possession anything to do with her morbid fear of fire after one broke out in her home?
We'd like to take possession immediately.
Are you sure we can take immediate possession?
Just a present, he has legal possession of the half interest of the mine that rightfully belongs to me.
The wallet of the gentleman in two fifty-three, five, seven and nine. is in your possession.
We are now in possession of duplicate keys to every one of the bank's vaults, as well as combinations to all the safes and plans for all alarm systems.
I HAPPEN TO KNOW. THAT FREEDONIA'S PLANS OF WAR ARE IN MRS. TEASDALES POSSESSION.
The animal is in Mrs. Warriner's possession.
My most prized possession.
Freedonia's war plans are in Mrs. Teasdale's possession.
Why? Because by that time you were in possession of that vital information.
All moneys and valuables which may come into our possession. shall be lumped together into a common fund. and from this fund shall first be taken the money. to fit, rig, and provision the ship.
Don't be uneasy, they're in my possession. I'll take care of them.
All the partnership books and papers must remain in our possession. Hmm, must I? I don't know about that.
After all, have you not an English proverb to the effect that possession is nine-tenths of the law?
I have in my possession one of the glories of France, the one and only bathtub of Louis XIV.
The throne's yours by descent and possession but if this had been a freer time, if people could elect I'd have swept the country.
The original is in possession of a woman. She happens to be the widow of Mr. Hammond, deceased.
John Mayer has more than 40 companies. He also has a lot of properties abroad. Furthermore, Club M's members are guilty of illegal possession of passports in many cases.
Makes possession of one punishable by a six-month jail sentence.
This stolen stuff was in your possession.
It was formerly in the possession of the Viscount Mooring, whom my father served.
With the original deed in our possession, the government must compensate us.
Everything else, the principal, as well as all monies earned is to be administered by the bank in trust for your son, Charles Foster Kane until he reaches his 25th birthday, at which time he is to come into complete possession.
I don't see how you can honestly grant anyone else a clear title to it except by right of possession.
Where i come from, possession is nine points of that.

News and current affairs

Whether the possession of resources will produce such outcomes depends upon the context.
Last summer, Hadjiev's brother and sister were arrested after they collaborated on a documentary about Turkmenistan, and were tried on trumped-up charges of weapons possession.
Finally, at the European level, EU policymakers can help by encouraging member states to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs.
Much has been written about the painting collections of hedge fund managers and private equity art funds (where one essentially buys shares in portfolios of art without actually ever taking possession of anything).
Because these ideologies' claim to be in possession of the ultimate truth is bound to be false, they can be imposed on society only through repression and compulsion.
By the time most learned about the order and the penalty, the two weeks were gone and the army had started to execute those found still to be in possession of the grain.
Moreover, Iraq's possession of oil is a mixed blessing, because few oil-based economies have proven hospitable to liberal democracy.
When the opposite was proven and a secret document was found in her possession, she had to go.
WMD's in Saddam's possession were but one in a sequence of arguments.
After all, the mere possession of nuclear weapons, even if aimed at each other, does not turn countries into enemies.
Teachers worry that banning possession of seditious materials will undermine academic freedom.
Germany long ago renounced possession of nuclear weapons, and it is unlikely to become a permanent member of the Security Council soon.
All sides agree that, unless there is a diplomatic solution, Iran's possession of nuclear weapons must be prevented in good time and by any means necessary.
Finally, earlier this month, the US-based international NGO Human Rights Watch formally adopted a stance that rejects criminalization of possession and consumption of all drugs and calls for a radically different approach.
Acquiring government power through possession of capital--and converting it into unjust economic rents--must be curtailed.
For one thing, possession of power resources does not always imply that one can get the outcomes one prefers.
In Hungary, for example, the penal code calls for two years imprisonment for personal possession by a drug-dependent person.
In neighboring Slovakia, the penalty for personal possession is, as in Poland, up to three years.
Young people should not start their working lives with criminal records because of personal possession.
Both countries have decriminalized drug possession for personal use.
In our report, we recommend evaluating from a public-health standpoint - and on the basis of the most advanced medical science - the merits of decriminalizing possession of cannabis for personal use.
And, at a time of domestic hardship and diplomatic isolation, North Korea's leaders, their confidence boosted by their possession of nuclear weapons, might try to distract their public through audacious, and possibly destructive, acts abroad.
Leadership entails more than the possession of enormous economic and military power.
With, for example, China bullying the Philippines over possession of disputed islands in the South China Sea, the Confucius Institute that China established in Manila to teach Chinese culture can win only so much goodwill.
The High Court of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, finally decided a 61-year-old suit over possession of a disputed site in the temple city of Ayodhya, where, in 1992, a howling mob of Hindu extremists tore down the Babri Masjid mosque.

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