possession

control a person intentionally exercises toward a thing in law
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possession

Summary

possession is a legal term or legal concept[1]. possession draws 168 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #137 of 484).[2]

Key Facts

  • possession's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • possession's instance of is recorded as type of relation[4].
  • possession is a type of relation[5].
  • possession is part of property law[6].
  • possession's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • possession's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • possession's different from is recorded as ownership[9].
  • possession's different from is recorded as Q3045327[10].
  • possession's different from is recorded as possession[11].

Body

Geography

possession is part of property law[6].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include legal term or legal concept[3] and type of relation[4].

Cultural Significance

Things named for possession include Possession[12], a film[13], directed by Andrzej Żuławski[14].

Why It Matters

possession draws 168 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #137 of 484).[2] possession has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] possession is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Entities named for possession include Possession[12], a film[13], directed by Andrzej Żuławski[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [12] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_possession-q829909-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{possession}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/possession-q829909-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    Part of property law
    Instance of legal term or legal concept, type of relation
    Subclass of
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529506205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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