society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > have tenure of or hold as tenant [verb (transitive)] > in absolute possession (2)
transferred. in Passive, to be seized (seised) ofor †with: to be in possession of. Now only archaic and with conscious allusion to the legal use…
figurative esp. in phrase to hold in fee, to hold as one's absolute and rightful possession.