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Disseize :: Disseize (v. t.) To deprive of seizin or possession; to dispossess or oust wrongfully (one in freehold possession of land); -- followed by of; as, to disseize a tenant of his freehold..

Imparsonee :: Imparsonee (a.) Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession..

Pledge :: Pledge (n.) The transfer of possession of personal property from a debtor to a creditor as security for a debt or engagement; also, the contract created between the debtor and creditor by a thing being so delivered or deposited, forming a species of bailment; also, that which is so delivered or deposited; something put in pawn..

Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..

Save :: Save (a.) To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.

Trover :: Trover (n.) The gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding or by other means..

Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation..

Induction :: Induction (n.) The introduction of a clergyman into a benefice, or of an official into a office, with appropriate acts or ceremonies; the giving actual possession of an ecclesiastical living or its temporalities..

In-going :: In-going (a.) Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant..

Secundo-geniture :: Secundo-geniture (n.) A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so inherited.

Maintain :: Maintain (v. t.) To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.

Possessionary :: Possessionary (a.) Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.

Having :: Having (n.) Possession; goods; estate.

Release :: Release (n.) A giving up or relinquishment of some right or claim; a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.

Invasion :: Invasion (n.) The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

Worldling :: Worldling () A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.

Excoriation :: Excoriation (n.) Stripping of possession; spoliation.

Enjoy :: Enjoy (v. t.) To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation..

Livingness :: Livingness (n.) The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.

Morganatic :: Morganatic (a.) Pertaining to, in the manner of, or designating, a kind of marriage, called also left-handed marriage, between a man of superior rank and a woman of inferior, in which it is stipulated that neither the latter nor her children shall enjoy the rank or inherit the possessions of her husband..

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