Usually means: Ownership or control of property.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word possessory:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. possessory: Merriam-Webster
  2. possessory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. possessory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. possessory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. possessory: Wordnik
  6. possessory: Wiktionary
  7. possessory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. possessory: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. possessory: Dictionary.com
  10. Possessory: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Possessory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. possessory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Possessory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. possessory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. possessory: FreeDictionary.org
  16. possessory: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. possessory: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. possessory: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (possessory)

▸ adjective:  Of, pertaining to, having or arising from possession.

Similar:
possessionary, possessive, possessional, possessival, poss., proprietive, proprietorial, proprietary, possessed, appurtenant, more...

Opposite:
non-possessory, dispossessory, non-ownership

Types:
joint, tenancy in common, tenancy by entirety, condominium, life estate, fee simple, more...

Phrases:
possessory interest, possessory lien, possessory action, possessory actions, more...

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Similar:
possessionary, possessive, possessional, possessival, poss., proprietive, proprietorial, proprietary, possessed, appurtenant, more...

Opposite:
non-possessory, dispossessory, non-ownership

Types:
joint, tenancy in common, tenancy by entirety, condominium, life estate, fee simple, more...

Phrases:
possessory interest, possessory lien, possessory action, possessory actions, more...



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