Possession may refer to:

Law

Dependent territory A dependent territory, dependent area, or dependency (sometimes referred as an external territory) is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state, yet remains politically outside the controlli ...

, 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 possession The prohibition of drugs through sumptuary legislation or religious law is a common means of attempting to prevent the recreational use of certain intoxicating substances. While some drugs are illegal to possess, many governments regulate th ...

, a crime *

Ownership Ownership is the state or fact of legal possession and control over property, which may be any asset, tangible or intangible. Ownership can involve multiple rights, collectively referred to as title, which may be separated and held by different ...

Personal property property is property that is movable. In common law systems, personal property may also be called chattels or personalty. In civil law systems, personal property is often called movable property or movables—any property that can be moved fro ...

, physical possessions belonging to a person *

Possession (law) In law, possession is the control a person intentionally exercises toward a thing. Like ownership, the possession of anything is commonly regulated by country under property law. In all cases, to possess something, a person must have an inte ...

, exclusive practical control of a thing, in the context of the legal implications of that control *

Title (property) In property law, title is an intangible construct representing a bundle of rights in (to) a piece of property in which a party may own either a legal interest or equitable interest. The rights in the bundle may be separated and held by differen ...

Linguistics

Inalienable possession In linguistics, inalienable possession (abbreviated ) is a type of possession in which a noun is obligatorily possessed by its possessor. Nouns or nominal affixes in an inalienable possession relationship cannot exist independently or be "ali ...

, relationship between two objects that is irreversible *

Possession (linguistics) In linguistics, possession is an asymmetric relationship between two constituents, the referent of one of which (the possessor) in some sense possesses (owns, has as a part, rules over, etc.) the referent of the other (the possessed). Possessio ...

, grammatically expressed relationship such as control-of and ownership

Supernatural possession

Spirit possession Spirit possession is an unusual or altered state of consciousness and associated behaviors purportedly caused by the control of a human body by spirits, ghosts, demons, or gods. The concept of spirit possession exists in many cultures and re ...

, psychokinetic control of the behavior of a living thing or natural object by a spiritual being. Also psychokinetic control of a person by the Devil or other malevolent spirit.

Places

La Possession La 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. To the territory of this commune belong ...

, French commune on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion *

Possession Island (disambiguation) Possession Island may refer to: * Possession Island (Namibia) Possession Island is the largest of the Penguin Islands, a scattered group of islands to the south of Namibia. It is the largest among the country's coastal islands, with an area of ...

, various islands including a French island in the Indian Ocean and other three islands *

Possession Point Possession Point () is a former point of land on the northwestern coast of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, before land reclamation moved the location further inland. History The area is where Commodore Gordon Bremer, commander-in-chief o ...

, former land form, Hong Kong *

Possession Sound Possession Sound is part of Puget Sound, located in the U.S. state of Washington between Whidbey Island and the shoreline of Snohomish County approximately between the cities of Everett and Mukilteo. Possession Sound connects the main Puge ...

, Washington state *

Possession Street Possession 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. Name The original Chinese name wa ...

, Hong Kong

Arts and entertainment

Literature

* ''Possession'' (Byatt novel), a 1990 novel by A. S. Byatt * ''Possession'' (Johnson novel), a trilogy released from 2011-2014 by Elana Johnson *

Possession (Markandaya novel) ''Possession: a novel'' is a 1963 English-language novel by Kamala Markandaya. Plot summary The action of ''Possession'' begins around the year 1949, and continues through the 1950s and early 1960s.K. S. Narayana Rao, 'Some Notes on the Plots o ...

, a 1963 novel by Kamala Markandaya * ''Possession'' (play), a play by Lyle Kessler * ''The Possession'', a 2002 novel by

Annie Ernaux Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux (; born 1 September 1940) is a French writer, professor of literature and Nobel laureate. Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Ernaux was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize i ...

Film and television

* ''Possession'' (1919 film), a British silent romance * ''Possession'' (1922 film), a British-French silent drama * ''Possession'' (1981 film), a horror 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), starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lee Pace * ''Possession'' (upcoming film), a South Korean mystery thriller * ''Possession'' (TV series), 1985 Australian series * ''The Possession'' (film), a 2012 horror film starring Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matisyahu and Kyra Sedgwick * ''Possessor'' (film), a 2020 body horror film by Brandon Cronenberg *'' Ninjago: Possession'', the fifth season in the ''Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu'' computer-animated television series

Music

* ''Possession'' (Benea Reach album), 2013 * ''Possession'' (GOD album), 1992 * ''Possession'' (Joywave album), 2020 * ''Possession'' (Lily Afshar album), 2002 * "Possession" (Kuuro song), 2017 * "Possession" (Iron Butterfly song), 1967 * "Possession" (Sarah McLachlan song), 1993 * "Possession", a song by Bad English from ''

Bad English Bad English was an American/British glam metal supergroup formed in 1987. It reunited Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in the Babys, along with Journey guitarist Neal S ...

'', 1989 * "Possession", a song by Danzig from '' Danzig'', 1988 * "Possession", a song by Mandaryna from '' Mandarynkowy sen'', 2005 * "Possession", a song by The Sisters of Mercy from '' First and Last and Always'', 1985

Other

Possession (sports) In sports, possession is physical control of the ball or other implement of play by one team, which typically gives that team the opportunity to score. Sports have different rules governing how possession is kept or lost ("turned over"), which aff ...

, control of the ball, generally conveying an opportunity to score * ''Possession'' (video game), a 2000s vaporware title

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