Possession (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Law
- Dependent territoryDependent territoryA dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State, and remains politically outside of the controlling state's integral area....
, 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 possessionDrug possessionDrug possession is the crime of having one or more illegal drugs in one's possession, either for personal use, distribution, sale or otherwise. Illegal drugs fall into different categories and sentences vary depending on the amount, type of drug, circumstances, and jurisdiction.A person has...
, a crime - OwnershipOwnershipOwnership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over property, which may be an object, land/real estate or intellectual property. Ownership involves multiple rights, collectively referred to as title, which may be separated and held by different parties. The concept of ownership has...
- Personal propertyPersonal propertyPersonal property, roughly speaking, is private property that is moveable, as opposed to real property or real estate. In the common law systems personal property may also be called chattels or personalty. In the civil law systems personal property is often called movable property or movables - any...
, 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)Title (property)Title is a legal term for a bundle of rights in a piece of property in which a party may own either a legal interest or an equitable interest. The rights in the bundle may be separated and held by different parties. It may also refer to a formal document that serves as evidence of ownership...
Linguistics
- Inalienable possessionInalienable possessionIn linguistics, inalienable possession refers to the linguistic properties of certain nouns or nominal morphemes based on the fact that they are always possessed. The semantic underpinning is that entities like body parts and relatives do not exist apart from a possessor. For example, a hand...
, relationship between two objects that is irreversible - Possession (linguistics)Possession (linguistics)Possession, in the context of linguistics, is an asymmetric relationship between two constituents, the referent of one of which possesses the referent of the other ....
, grammatically expressed relationship such as control-of and ownership
Metaphysics
- Demonic possessionDemonic possessionDemonic possession is held by many belief systems to be the control of an individual by a malevolent supernatural being. Descriptions of demonic possessions often include erased memories or personalities, convulsions, “fits” and fainting as if one were dying...
, 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 PossessionLa PossessionLa Possession is a commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located on the northwest side of the island of Réunion, between the capital of Saint-Denis and the commune of Le Port. The commune is twinned with Villeneuve-d'Ascq, in France....
, French commune on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion - Possession PointPossession PointPossession Point is a former point of land on the northwestern coast of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, before land reclamation moved the coast further north.- History :...
, former land form, Hong Kong - Possession SoundPossession SoundPossession Sound is part of Puget Sound, located in the U.S. state of Washington between Whidbey Island and the coastline of Snohomish County approximately between the cities of Everett and Mukilteo. Possession Sound connects the main Puget Sound basin to the south with Saratoga Passage and Port...
, Washington state ire - Possession StreetPossession StreetPossession Street is a street in Sheung Wan, from Queen's Road West to Hollywood Road, on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The street marks the boundary of Queen's Road West and Queen's Road Central....
, Hong Kong
Literature
- Possession (novel), 1990 novel by A. S. Byatt
- Possession (play)Possession (play)Possession is a play by Lyle Kessler. It was directed by James Hammerstein at the Ensemble Studio Theatre on March 25, 1976 .It was included in "The Best Plays of 1975-1976" by Otis Guernsey...
, a play by Lyle Kessler
Film and television
- Possession (1919 film)Possession (1919 film)Possession is a 1919 British silent romance film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Edwards, Chrissie White and Gerald Ames. It was an adaptation of the novel Phroso by Anthony Hope.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - Blaise Barewsky...
, a 1919 British silent romance film - Possession (1981 film)Possession (1981 film)Possession is a 1981 cult horror film directed by Andrzej Żuławski.-Plot:Mark returns home to Berlin to find his wife Anna is leaving him for unclear reasons. He initially suspects an affair and hires detectives to track her, but gradually discovers clues that something far stranger is afoot...
, a horror film starring Sam Neill, Isabelle Adjani and directed by Andrzej Zulawski - Possession (2002 film), adaptation of the A. S. Byatt novel of the same name starring Aaron Eckhart and Gwyneth Paltrow
- Possession (2009 film)Possession (2009 film)Possession is an American remake of the Korean film Addicted. It is a psychological thriller film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lee Pace.-Plot:...
, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lee Pace - Possession (TV series)Possession (TV series)Possession is an Australian television series screened in 1985 and made by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Nine Network. It was the brainchild of the television producer, Reg Watson....
, 1985 Australian series
Music
- Possession (GOD album), 1992
- Possession (Lily Afshar album)Possession (Lily Afshar album)Possession is the third studio album by well-known classical guitarist Lily Afshar released in 2002 through Archer Records.- Track List :- Reception :...
, 2002 - "Possession" (Iron Butterfly song)Possession (Iron Butterfly song)"Possession" b/w "Evil Temptation" is a rare single recorded by Iron Butterfly between 1967 and 1968, but not released until 1970 for unknown reasons. The first side is "Possession", which is the same version from their earlier single, "Don't Look Down on Me".On the flip side is "Evil Temptation",...
, 1967 - "Possession", song on the 1988 Danzig IDanzig (album)Danzig is the 1988 debut album of the American heavy metal band Danzig, led by Glenn Danzig who was formerly the songwriter and vocalist of the Misfits and Samhain....
album by Glenn Danzig - "Possession", a 1989 song and one of the singles taken from Bad EnglishBad EnglishBad English was an American/British hard rock supergroup formed in 1988, reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in The Babys.- History :...
's self-titled debut album - "Possession" (Sarah McLachlan song), 1993
- "Possession", song on the 2005 Mandaryna.com2me album by the Polish singer Mandaryna
Other
- Possession (video game)Possession (video game)Possession is a vaporware video game for the seventh generation video game consoles. In the game the player plays as a man turned into an intelligent zombie via exposure to experimental chemicals from a laboratory into which he had broken. Retaining his intelligence, he sets out on a mission to...
, a possibly cancelled console game
See also
- Adverse possessionAdverse possessionAdverse possession is a process by which premises can change ownership. It is a common law concept concerning the title to real property . By adverse possession, title to another's real property can be acquired without compensation, by holding the property in a manner that conflicts with the true...
- Dispossess
- EvictionEvictionHow you doing???? Eviction is the removal of a tenant from rental property by the landlord. Depending on the laws of the jurisdiction, eviction may also be known as unlawful detainer, summary possession, summary dispossess, forcible detainer, ejectment, and repossession, among other terms...
- Possessed (disambiguation)
- Possession Island (disambiguation)
- Possessive (disambiguation)
- RepossessionRepossessionRepossession is generally used to refer to a financial institution taking back an object that was either used as collateral or rented or leased in a transaction. Repossession is a "self-help" type of action in which the party having right of ownership of the property in question takes the property...
- US PossessionUS PossessionUnion Sportive de La Possession, is a football club from La Possession, Réunion Island.-The club in the French football structure:*French Cup : 1 appearancewon tie: 1993/94 US Possession 2-1 SCO Roubaix [aet]...
, soccer club on Réunion Island