possession
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control a person intentionally exercises toward a thing in law
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- Subclass of
- relation
- Part of
- property law
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P8168
- Edo River
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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 possession of some piece of property without being its owner. The possession of property is commonly regulated under the property law of a jurisdiction.
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