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occupant definition - legal

n

One who inhabits or exercises direct control over a certain piece of property or premises, as distinguished from the one who has ownership of the property, although the same person(s) may do both.

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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