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Adj. losing &c v.; not having &c 777.1.<br />

shorn of, deprived of; denuded, bereaved, bereft, minus, cut off; dispossessed &c 789;<br />

rid of, quit of; out of pocket.<br />

lost &c v.; long lost; irretrievable &c (hopeless) 859; off one's hands.<br />

Int. farewell to!, adieu to.<br />

777. Possession -- N. possession, seizin [Law], seisin [Law]; ownership &c 780;<br />

occupancy; hold, holding; tenure, tenancy, feodality † , dependency; villenage, villeinage † ;<br />

socage † , chivalry, knight service.<br />

exclusive possession, impropriation † , monopoly, retention &c 781; prepossession,<br />

preoccupancy † ; nine points of the law; corner, usucaption † .<br />

future possession, heritage, inheritance, heirship, reversion, fee, seigniority † ;<br />

primogeniture, ultimogeniture † .<br />

futures contract [right of future possession; financial instruments], warrant, put, call,<br />

option; right of first refusal.<br />

bird in hand, uti possidetis [Lat.], chose in possession.<br />

V. possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy; be possessed of &c adj.; have in hand &c adj.;<br />

own &c 780; command.<br />

inherit; come to, come in for.<br />

engross, monopolize, forestall, regrate † , impropriate † , have all to oneself; corner; have<br />

a firmhold of &c (retain) 781 [Obs.]; get into one's hand &c (acquire) 775.<br />

belong to, appertain to, pertain to; be in one's possession &c adj.; vest in.<br />

Adj. possessing &c v.; worth; possessed of, seized of, master of, in possession of;<br />

usucapient † ; endowed with, blest with, instinct with, fraught with, laden with, charged<br />

with.<br />

possessed &c v.; on hand, by one; in hand, in store, in stock; in one's hands, in one's<br />

grasp, in one's possession; at one's command, at one's disposal; one's own &c (property)<br />

780.<br />

unsold, unshared.<br />

Phr. entbehre gern was du nicht hast [G.]; meum et tuum [Lat.]; tuum est [Lat.].<br />

777a. Exemption -- N. exemption; absence &c 187; exception, immunity, privilege,<br />

release.<br />

V. not have &c 777; be without &c adj.; excuse.<br />

Adj. exempt from, devoid of, without, unpossessed of † , unblest with † ; immune from.<br />

not having &c 777; unpossessed † ; untenanted &c (vacant) 187; without an owner.<br />

unobtained † , unacquired.<br />

778. [Joint possession.] Participation -- N. participation; cotenancy † , joint tenancy;<br />

occupancy in common, possession in common, tenancy in common; joint stock, common<br />

stock; co-partnership, partnership; communion; community of possessions, community of<br />

goods; communism, socialism; cooperation &c 709.<br />

snacks, coportion † , picnic, hotchpot † ; co-heirship, co-parceny † , co-parcenary;<br />

gavelkind † .<br />

participator, sharer; co-partner, partner; shareholder; co-tenant, joint tenant; tenants in<br />

common; co-heir, co-parcener † .

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