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 and remains politically outside the controll ...

, 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. An area has a prohibition of drugs when its government uses the for ...

, 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 dif ...

Personal property Personal property is property that is movable. In common law systems, personal property may also be called chattels or personalty. In civil law (legal system), civil law systems, personal property is often called movable property or movables—a ...

, physical possessions belonging to a person *

Possession (law) In law, possession is the exercise of dominion by a person over property to the exclusion of others. To possess something, a person must have an intention to possess it and an apparent purpose to assert control over it. A person may be in pos ...

, 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 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 different par ...

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 "al ...

, 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). Posse ...

, grammatically expressed relationship such as control-of and ownership

Supernatural possession

Spirit possession Spirit Possession is an altered state of consciousness and associated behaviors which are purportedly caused by the control of a human body and its functions by Supernatural#Spirit, spirits, ghosts, demons, angels, or Deity, gods. The concept ...

, 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 France, commune in the France, French overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department of Réunion. It is located in the northwestern part of the island of Réunion, between the capital of Saint-Den ...

, French commune on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion * Possession Island (disambiguation), various islands including a French island in the Indian Ocean and other three islands * Possession Point, 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 Puget ...

, Washington state * Possession Street, Hong Kong

Arts and entertainment

Literature

* ''Possession'' (Byatt novel), a 1990 novel by A. S. Byatt * ''Possession'' (Johnson novel), a trilogy released from 2011 to 2014 by Elana Johnson * Possession (Markandaya novel), a 1963 novel by Kamala Markandaya * ''Possession'' (play), a play by Lyle Kessler * ''The Possession'', a 2002 novel by Annie Ernaux

Film and television

Film

* ''Possession'' (1919 film), a British silent romance * ''Possession'' (1922 film), a British-French silent drama * ''Possession'' (1981 film), a horror film starring Sam Neill, Isabelle Adjani and directed by Andrzej Zulawski * ''Possession'' (2002 film), an adaptation of the A. S. Byatt novel, starring Aaron Eckhart and Gwyneth Paltrow * ''Possession'' (2009 film), starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lee Pace * '' The Possession'', a 2012 horror film starring Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matisyahu and Kyra Sedgwick * '' Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman'' (working title ''Possession''), a 2023 South Korean mystery thriller * ''Possessor'' (film), a 2020 thriller film by Brandon Cronenberg * ', a 2024 Indonesian horror film

Television

* ''Possession'' (TV series), a 1985 Australian soap opera *'' Ninjago: Possession'', the fifth season of ''Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu'' * "Possession" (''Barney Miller''), a 1981 episode * "Possession" (''Beast Wars''), a 1997 episode * "Possession" (''Hit the Floor''), a 2016 episode *"Possession", a 2008 episode of ''Instant Star''

Music

Albums

* ''Possession'' (Benea Reach album), 2013 * ''Possession'' (God album), 1992 * ''Possession'' (Joywave album) or the title song, 2020 * ''Possession'' (Lily Afshar album), 2002

Songs

* "Possession" (Kuuro song), 2017 * "Possession" (Sarah McLachlan song), 1993 * "Possession"/"My All for You", by Jyongri, 2006 * "Possession", by Bad English from ''

Bad English Bad English was an American/British hard rock 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 Ne ...

'', 1989 * "Possession", by Elvis Costello from '' Get Happy!!'', 1980 * "Possession", by Danzig from '' Danzig'', 1988 * "Possession", by Iron Butterfly from ''

Heavy Heavy may refer to: Measures * Heavy, a characterization of objects with substantial weight * Heavy, a wake turbulence category used by pilots and air traffic controllers to refer to aircraft with a maximum takeoff mass of 136,000 kgs or mo ...

'', 1968 * "Possession", by Mandaryna from '' Mandarynkowy sen'', 2005 * "Possession", 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 * Possessors, fictional characters in Marvel Comics

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