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Possession may refer to:
Law
- Dependent territory, 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, a crime
- Ownership
- Personal property, physical possessions belonging to a person
- Possession (law), exclusive practical control of a thing, in the context of the legal implications of that control
- Title (property)
Linguistics
- Inalienable possession, relationship between two objects that is irreversible
- Possession (linguistics), grammatically expressed relationship such as control-of and ownership
Supernatural possession
- Demonic possession, psychokinetic control of a person by the Devil or other malevolent spirit
- Spirit possession, psychokinetic control of the behavior of a living thing or natural object by a spiritual being
Places
- La Possession, 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, Washington state
- Possession Street, Hong Kong
Arts and entertainment
Literature
- Possession (Byatt novel), a 1990 novel by A. S. Byatt
- Possession (Johnson novel), a 2011 novel by Elana Johnson
- Possession (play), a play by Lyle Kessler
Film and television
- Possession (1919 film), a 1919 British silent romance film
- Possession (1981 film), a horror film 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 (TV series), 1985 Australian series
- The Possession (2012 film), a 2012 horror film starring Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matisyahu and Kyra Sedgwick
Music
- Possession (GOD album), 1992
- Possession (Lily Afshar album), 2002
- "Possession" (Iron Butterfly song), 1967
- "Possession", song on the 1988 debut album Danzig by American heavy metal band Danzig
- "Possession", a song by The Sisters of Mercy on the album First and Last and Always, 1985
- "Possession", a 1989 song and one of the singles taken from Bad English's self-titled debut album
- "Possession" (Sarah McLachlan song), 1993 Sarah McLachlan song
- "Possession", a song by the Polish singer Mandaryna from her 2005 album Mandarynkowy sen
Other
- Possession (video game), a possibly cancelled console game
See also
- Adverse possession
- Dispossess
- Eviction
- Human possession in science fiction
- Possessed (disambiguation)
- Possession Island (disambiguation)
- Possessive (disambiguation)
- Repossession
- US Possession, soccer club on Réunion Island
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