Difference between Possession and Ownership of Land.

Possession refers to Actual control of property combined with the intention to use it, rightly or wrongly as one s own. In the case of Land Possession may be Actual when the owner has entered onto land or possession in law, that is when he has the right to enter but he has not done so. Possession includes receipt of rent and profit or the right to receive them. 

As for Ownership, the owner has exclusive right to use, possess and dispose of property subject only to right of persons having a superior interest and any restrictions on the owner rights imposed by agreement with or by act of third parties or by operation of law. The owner of land has a number of rights such as to dispose of the land. Thus while the ownership the land confers legal right to the owner, possession does not.