the possession of land 土地の所有.
The cocaine was found in his possession. そのコカインは彼の所有であることが発覚した.
He came into possession of the house.=The house came into his possession. その家が彼の手に入った.
Possession is nine tenths [points] of the law. 《諺》 現実の占有は九分の勝ち目 《預かり物はわが物》.
a man of great possessions 大財産家.
lose all one's possessions 全財産を失う.
the former French possessions in Africa アフリカにおける旧フランス領土.
I've had possession of this house for 7 years.
Possession is nine‐tenths of the law.
He lost all his possessions in the fire.
He is in lawful possession of a shotgun.
The rare stamp is in the possession of an unknown collector.
Control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
The car quickly became his most prized possession.
I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
The car is in my possession.
I'm in possession of the car.
Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.
Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
The condition of being under the control of strong emotion or madness.
(sports) Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
The scoreboard shows a little football symbol next to the name of the team that has possession.
Their first half was marred by the entire side playing too deep, completely unable to build up any form of decent possession once the ball left their bewildered defence.
(linguistics) A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership.
Some languages distinguish between a construction like 'my car', which shows alienable possession — the car could become someone else's — and one like 'my foot', which has inalienable possession — my foot will always be mine.
One who possesses is often said to have possession (of), hold possession (of), or be in possession (of).
One who acquires is often said to take possession (of), gain possession (of), or come into possession (of).
(obsolete) To invest with property.