4. The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession. How long hath this possession held the man Shak. To give possession, to put in another's power or occupancy. — To put in possession. (a) To invest with ownership or occupancy; to provide or furnish with; as, to put one in possession of facts or information. (b) (Law) To place one in charge of property recovered in ejectment or writ of entry. — To take possession, to enter upon, or to bring within one's power or occupancy. — Writ of possession (Law), a precept directing a sheriff to put a person in peaceable possession of property recovered in ejectment or writ of entry.
POSSESSION
Pos*ses"sion, v. t.
Defn: To invest with property. [Obs.]
POSSESSIONARY
Pos*ses"sion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
POSSESSIONER
Pos*ses"sion*er, n.
1. A possessor; a property holder. [Obs.] "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney.
2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars. [Obs.] Wyclif.
POSSESSIVAL
Pos`ses*si"val, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination. Earle.