the act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.-the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.-the thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.-the state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.-to invest with property.