About The Word Occupancy

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Occupancy

Occupancy Meaning & Definition
Occupancy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Occupancy?

[n] the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
[n] an act of being a tenant or occupant

Synonyms | Synonyms for Occupancy: moving in | occupation | taking possession | tenancy

Related Terms | Find terms related to Occupancy: abiding | abode | adverse possession | alodium | burgage | claim | cohabitation | colony | commorancy | de facto | de jure | dependency | derivative title | dwelling | fee fief | fee position | fee simple | fee simple absolute | fee simple conditional | fee simple defeasible | fee simple determinable | fee tail | feodum | feud | fiefdom | frankalmoign | free socage | freehold | gavelkind | habitancy | habitation | having title to | hold | holding | inhabitancy | inhabitation | inhabiting | knight service | lay fee | lease | leasehold | legal claim | legal possession | living | lodging | mandate | nesting | occupation | original title | owning | possessing | possession | preoccupancy | preoccupation | prepossession | prescription | property | property rights | proprietary rights | residence | residency | residing | seisin | settlement | socage | sojourning | squatting | staying | staying over | stopping | sublease | tenancy | tenantry | tenure | tenure in chivalry | title | underlease | undertenancy | usucapion | villein socage | villeinhold | villenage

See Also | abidance | acquiring | getting | habitation | inhabitancy | inhabitation | preoccupancy | preoccupation | residence | residency

Occupancy In Webster's Dictionary

\Oc"cu*pan*cy\, n. [See {Occupant}.] The act of taking or holding possession; possession; occupation. {Title by occupancy} (Law), a right of property acquired by taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thing which belonged to nobody, and appropriating it. --Blackstone. Kent.

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