plural of reflexive possessive pronoun

Dated form of possession is nine-tenths of the law.

One who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession.

(law, England & Wales, formal, idiomatic) The unqualified and unrestricted ownership of an estate in land; freehold tenure.

Maroon Spirit

in a possessing manner

The property of possessing something; state of possession.