holdership

Noun

holdership (countable and uncountable, plural holderships)

1. The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something.
   • This system of penalties shall equally apply to the winners of scratch events, and to the winning of holderships of trophies, but not to the winner of rounds in the C.B.S.A. medal competitions.1912, The Encyclopædia of Sport & Games: Rackets - Zebra, page 149
   • Firstly, we want to apply a theory that allows us to handle the question of multiple holderships, i.e. the circumstance in which one person can be described as holder of more than one of the aforementioned aspects, for instance as holder of rights and knowledge and interest.2006, Heiko Hausendorf, Alfons Bora, Analysing Citizenship Talk, →ISBN
2. The legal right to possess and use something that is owned by someone else.
   • The Code gives some indications that it would recognize such partial and limited holderships in due course everywhere;1955, New York (State). Law Revision Commission, Report of the Law Revision Commission - Volumes 1-2, page 401
   • Services offered include: operating leases, sale-and-lease-backs, remarketing ol used Fokker aircraft, thud party lease management. inspections. airline audits and holderships.1999, Airfinance Annual, page 194