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)
to be seized (seised) of or with1477
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…
to hold in feea1556
figurative esp. in phrase to hold in fee, to hold as one's absolute and rightful possession.