Hypertext Webster Gateway: "occupancy"
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) 1.7 (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}, {moving in}]
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