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• n  the act of having and controlling property
• n  anything owned or possessed
• n  being controlled by passion or the supernatural
• n  a mania restricted to one thing or idea
• n  a territory that is controlled by a ruling state
• n  the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
• n  (sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck)
  they took possession of the ball on their own goal line

• Tennessee's Unauthorized Substances Tax requires anyone in possession of a certain quantity of contraband to buy a tax stamp and affix it to the drug.
• In 2001, Portugal officially abolished all criminal penalties for personal possession of drugs, replacing punishment for therapy.
• We lock people up for possession almost as quickly as we do for dealing.

• ownership
• monomania
• self-control
• self-possession
• willpower
• will power
• self-command
• self-will

News & Articles

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• Police arrest four on drug possession charges, including armed security guard for UPMC
  By Tribune-Review Authorities on Wednesday arrested four people on drug possession charges, including an armed security officer for UPMC. Shawn Fitzpatrick, 50, of Overbrook, was arrested in ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Mckeesport Daily News
• Escobedo arrested for possession and an open container
  Ernesto Escobedo was arrested Tuesday for possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana.
  June 12, 2013 - Alice Echo-News Journal
• Gregg County man is sentenced to 10 years for possession of a stolen firearm
  A Gregg County man is sentenced to jail for possession of a stolen firearm. Kym David Pearce, 52, pleaded guilty on February 8, 2013 to possession of a stolen firearm and was sentenced to 120 months in prison today. Promote to Mobile read more
  June 12, 2013 - KETK 56 Tyler

Quotes

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• Miroslav Klose in The Canadian Press
  Our plan was to win possession quickly and then try to keep it, to pass the ball around,striker Miroslav Klose said.
• John McCain in Newsweek
  This is a shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of law. The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these e-mails will destroy them,the McCain campaign said in...
• Antonin Scalia in Kansas City Star
  Among the laws that might pass constitutional muster, Alito wrote: "Prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or...