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Pronunciation:  'âkyupunsee

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"
  2. [n]  an act of being a tenant or occupant
 
 Synonyms: moving in, occupation, taking possession, tenancy
 
 See Also: abidance, acquiring, getting, habitation, inhabitancy, inhabitation, preoccupancy, preoccupation, residence, residency

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 
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