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occupancy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Occupancy \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: occupancy n 1: an act of being a tenant or occupant [syn: {tenancy}] 2: the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" [syn: {occupation}, {taking possession}]
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