Possession

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Look up Possession in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

The word Possession might refer to:

Metaphysics

• Spirit possession, belief in the control of the behavior of a living thing or natural object by a spiritual being
• Demonic possession, belief in the control of a person by the Devil or other malevolent spirit

Entertainment

• Possession (Sarah McLachlan song), a 1993 song by Sarah McLachlan on her album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
• Possession (1981 film), starring Sam Neill, Isabelle Adjani; dir. by Andrzej Zulawski
• Possession (TV series), 1985 Australian series
• Possession (2002 film), adaptation of the A. S. Byatt novel; with Aaron Eckhart and Gwyneth Paltrow
• Possession (2008 film), starring Sarah Michelle Gellar
• Possession (video game), a possibly cancelled console game
• Possession: A Romance, 1990 novel by A. S. Byatt
• "Possession", song on the 2005 Mandaryna.com2me album by the Polish singer Mandaryna

Law

• Possession (law), exclusive practical control of a thing, in the context of the legal implications of that control
• 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.

Linguistics

• Possession (linguistics), grammatically expressed relationship such as control-of and ownership-of
• Inalienable possession, relationship between two objects that is irreversible

Geography

• Possession Street, Hong Kong
• Possession Point, former land form, Hong Kong
• Possession Sound, Washington state
• La Possession, French commune on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion

See also

• US Possession, soccer club on Réunion Island
• Possession Island (disambiguation)
• Possessive (disambiguation)
• Possessed (disambiguation)

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.