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Possessory [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Having possession; as a possessory lord.

2. Possessory action, in law, an action or suit in which the right of possession only, and not that of property, is contested.

Possessory [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord.