possession

• n.所有物、財産、領土、自制心、魅力

所有する、持つ、所有する。

possession (n.)

mid-14c., "act or fact of possessing, a taking possession, occupation," also "thing possessed, that which is possessed," from Old French possession "fact of having and holding; what is possessed;" also "demonic possession," and directly from Latin possessionem (nominative possessio), noun of action from past participle stem of possidere "to possess" (see possess). Legal property sense is earliest; demonic sense first recorded 1580s. Phrase possession is nine (or eleven) points of the law is out of a supposed 10 (or 12). With eleven from 1640s; with nine from 1690s.

1. How had this com-promising picture come into the possesion of the press？

この恥ずかしい写真はどのようにしてメディアの手に渡ったのか。

2. Possession of cannabis will no longer be an arrestable offence.

大きなマージャンを持っていても逮捕されません。

3.He described the picture as his most cherished possession .

彼はその絵が彼の最も大切な財産だと言った。

4.Those documents are now in the possession of the Guardian.

それらのファイルは現在ガーディアン紙の手にある。

5.She found her customary self- possession had deserted her.

彼女は自分が普段のように物事を処理していないことに気づいた。