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Title by occupancy

Occupancy \Oc"cu*pan*cy\, n. [See Occupant.]

  1. The act of taking or holding possession, especially of real property or rental property; possession; occupation.

  2. The state or condition of being occupied; as, occupancy by more than 250 people is dangerous and unlawful.

  3. The period of time during which one occupies a property.

    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.