possessionn.[F. possession, L. possessio.]1. The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.()2. (Law) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.()()3. The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.()When the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. (Matt. xix. 22.)Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. (Acts v. 1.)The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. (Ob. 17.)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.()v. t. To invest with property.()