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Possession may refer to:

Law

Dependent territory, an area of land over which another country exercises sovereignty, but which does not have the full right of participation in that country's governance
Drug possession, a crime
Ownership
Personal property, physical possessions belonging to a person
Possession (law), practical control of a thing, in the context of the legal implications of that control
Title (property)

Inalienable possession, relationship between two objects that is irreversible
Possession (linguistics), grammatically expressed relationship such as control-of and ownership

Spirit possession, psychokinetic control of the behavior of a living thing or natural object by a spiritual being. Also psychokinetic control of a person by the Devil or other malevolent spirit.

La Possession, French commune on the Indian Ocean island of Réunion
Possession Island (disambiguation), various islands including a French island in the Indian Ocean and other three islands
Possession Point, former land form, Hong Kong
Possession Sound, Washington state
Possession Street, Hong Kong

Possession (Byatt novel), a 1990 novel by A. S. Byatt
Possession (Johnson novel), a trilogy released from 2011 to 2014 by Elana Johnson
Possession (Markandaya novel), a 1963 novel by Kamala Markandaya
Possession (play), a play by Lyle Kessler
The Possession, a 2002 novel by Annie Ernaux

Possession (1919 film), a British silent romance
Possession (1922 film), a British-French silent drama
Possession (1981 film), a horror film starring Sam Neill, Isabelle Adjani and directed by Andrzej Żuławski
Possession (2002 film), an adaptation of the A. S. Byatt novel, starring Aaron Eckhart and Gwyneth Paltrow
Possession (2009 film), starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Lee Pace
The Possession, a 2012 horror film starring Natasha Calis, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matisyahu and Kyra Sedgwick
Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman (working title Possession), a 2023 South Korean mystery thriller
Possessor (film), a 2020 thriller film by Brandon Cronenberg
Possession: Kerasukan [id], a 2024 Indonesian horror film
Possession (upcoming film), an American remake of the 1981 film, starring Margaret Qualley, Callum Turner, and directed by Parker Finn

Possession (sports), control of the ball, generally conveying an opportunity to score
Possessors, fictional characters in Marvel Comics
A railway possession, where part of a live railway is closed for maintenance