possession

control a person intentionally exercises toward a thing in law
Intangible legal_term_or_legal_concept Q829909
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possession

Summary

possession is a legal term or legal concept[1]. possession draws 1,597 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].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include legal term or legal concept[3] and type of relation[4]. possession is a type of relation[5].

Use and Application

possession is part of property law[6].

Influence

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

Why It Matters

possession draws 1,597 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 45 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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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → possession-law
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: possession-law, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948956|possession law (#289948956)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  2. 13w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 5276
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 5276, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287347|possession, legal (#107287347)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical "
  3. 15w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0226425-drzba
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0226425-drzba, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259662|batch #259662]]"
  4. 17w 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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