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posesie
possession /poˈse.si.e/
noun#3748 most common
Also: ownership, (sports) possession of the ball
Example sentences
Aceasta este posesia mea.
This is my possession.
El are o posesie foarte valoroasă.
He has a very valuable possession.
Echipa noastră a avut posesia mingii în a doua repriză.
Our team had possession of the ball in the second half.
Poliția a confiscat obiectele găsite în posesia suspectului.
The police confiscated the items found in the suspect's possession.
Legea distinge clar între posesie și proprietate.
The law clearly distinguishes between possession and ownership.
Dobândirea posesiei prin uzucapiune presupune exercitarea continuă a stăpânirii asupra bunului timp de un anumit număr de ani.
Acquiring possession through adverse possession requires continuously exercising control over the asset for a set number of years.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | posesie | posesii |
| Genitive | posesii | posesii |
| Accusative | posesie | posesii |
| Vocative | posesie | posesii |
Word family
posedato possess, to own
posesorpossessor, holder
posesivpossessive
posesiunepossession (more formal legal synonym)
deposedato dispossess
Etymology
Posesie entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of a wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized Romanian legal and administrative vocabulary. It traces to Latin possessio, itself built on possidere, to hold or occupy. The word arrived in Romanian largely through French possession, which explains its abstract, formal flavor.
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