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a word having several applications: 1. The act or state of possessing or holding as owner or occution of justice. ter of anything; the state of being seized applications: 1. The act or state of pos- sessing or holding as owner or occu- POSSESSION, a word having several rightful or wrongful. 2. That which is possessed; property, land, estate, or goods owned. 3. A district, or extent over which a person or thing has power or authority. 4. The state of being possessed or under the power of evil rightful or wrongful. 2. That which is possessed; property, land, estate, or goods owned. 3. A district, or extent over which a person or thing has powlunacy. 5. An idea, a prepossession, a presentiment.

In civil law, the holding or having as owner or occupier, whether rightfully or er or authority. 4. The state of being In international law, a country or territory held by mere right of conquest. In Scriptures, the taking possession of the body or spirit by by demons or devils.

They produced bodily disease or defect as dumbness (Matt. ix: 32-34), blindness and dumbness (xii: 22-30) epilepsy with wrongfully; actual seizing or occupancy.

In international law, a country or terri- tory held by mere right of conquest. In 18 years is described as bound that length of time by Satan (Luke xiii: 16).

Mentally, the possession by an unclean spirit produced symptoms almost indisdumbness (Mark ix: 17-27) ; and a wo- man who had had a spirit of infirmity cast out demons (Matt. iv: 24).

POSSIET, CONSTANTIN NICOssian naval officer; born LAVICH, a Russian Minister of Ways of Communication in made extensive improvements in the har- 1874-1888. While holding this office he made extensive improvements in the harbors and waterways of Russia; was president of the Russian Association for 1899 he was a member of the Council of Saving Life, and established most of the life stations in Russia. From 1889 to State. He died in St. Petersburg, May 8, 1899.

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