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  • 11actual occupation — Making use of, or living upon, premises either personally or through a tenant. Cox v Richerson, 186 Miss 576, 191 So 99, 124 ALR 1138. See actual possession …

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  • 12Actual Grace — • A grace that is given for the performance of salutary acts and is present and disappears with the action itself Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Actual Grace     Actual Grace …

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  • 13Possession — Pos*ses sion, n. [F. possession, L. possessio.] 1. The act or state of possessing, or holding as one s own. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) The having, holding, or detention of property in one s power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership,… …

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  • 14possession — Actual physical control of goods or land. Possession has a wide variety of meanings in English law, depending on the nature of the property and the circumstances. For example, a person may still have possession of goods that have been lost or… …

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  • 15possession — [pə zesh′ən] n. [OFr < L possessio] 1. a possessing or being possessed, as by ownership or occupancy; hold 2. anything possessed 3. [pl.] property; wealth 4. territory ruled by an outside country 5. control of oneself: rare except in SELF… …

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  • 16possession are the following: —    • making a PACT with the Devil or demons    • participating in occult or spiritualist rites, including playing with divination devices such as a OUIJA™ or doing automatic writing    • offering or dedicating a child to SATAN    • being the… …

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  • 17actual ouster — The actual expulsion of a tenant from the demised premises. If a lessee, to avoid actual expulsion, yields possession and attorris in good faith to one having a title paramount to that of his landlord, and a right to immediate possession, it is… …

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  • 18possession — /peuh zesh euhn/, n. 1. the act or fact of possessing. 2. the state of being possessed. 3. ownership. 4. Law. actual holding or occupancy, either with or without rights of ownership. 5. a thing possessed: He packed all his possessions into one… …

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  • 19possession — n. 1 the act or state of possessing or being possessed. 2 the thing possessed. 3 the act or state of actual holding or occupancy. 4 Law power or control similar to lawful ownership but which may exist separately from it (prosecuted for possession …

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  • 20substantial possession — Actual possession in the sense of actual occupancy of the entire tract under consideration. Wheeler v Clark, 114 Tenn 117, 85 SW 258 …

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