ownership

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; actual possession
(law) immediate and direct physical control over property; constructive possession
(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it; criminal possession
(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances; holding, keeping, retention
the act of retaining something; illegal possession
possession of controlled substances; withholding
the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control; storage
the act of storing something

Type of:: control
the activity of managing or exerting control over something

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; community
common ownership; severalty
exclusive individual ownership; property right
the legal right of ownership; proprietary, proprietorship
an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits; employee ownership
ownership of a business by the people who work for it; landholding
ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land; stockholding
ownership of stocks; the state or fact of holding stock; public domain
property rights that are held by the public at large; accession
(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement

Type of:: relation
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

DEFINITIONS OF: ownership