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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others;

2. the act of having and controlling property;
[syn: possession, ownership]

3. the state or fact of being an owner;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ownership \Own"er*ship\, n. The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ownership n 1: the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others 2: the act of having and controlling property [syn: possession, ownership] 3: the state or fact of being an owner
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

OWNERSHIP, title to property. The right by which a thing belongs to some one in particular, to the exclusion of all other persons. Louis. Code, art. 480.