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occupancy definition - legal

n

  1. The condition or act of possessing or living in a dwelling or on some property.
  2. The period of time during which one rents, owns, or in some way possesses property.
  3. Having actual possession of a place that has no owner so as to acquire legal rights to ownership. See also adverse possession.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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