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Definition of Occupancy

1. Noun. An act of being a tenant or occupant.

2. Noun. The act of occupying or taking possession of a building. "Occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"

Definition of Occupancy

1. n. The act of taking or holding possession; possession; occupation.

Definition of Occupancy

1. Noun. The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant ¹

2. Noun. The period of time during which someone rents or otherwise occupies certain land or premises ¹

3. Noun. The specific use to which something occupied is put ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Occupancy

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Occupancy

occulters occultic occulting occulting light occulting lights occultism occultisms occultist occultists occultly

occultness occults occultural occupance occupancies occupancy (current term) occupancy rate occupant occupants occupate

occupated occupates occupation occupation licence occupation license occupational occupational deafness occupational dentistry occupational disease occupational diseases

Literary usage of Occupancy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"occupancy of estate per auter vie.—This right of occupancy, so far as it concerns real property (for of personal chattels I am not in this place to speak), ..."

2. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, John Melville Gould, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1901)
"Of Originell Acquisition by occupancy. — The means of acquiring personal ... Though priority of occupancy was the foundation of the right of property, ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Still, his possession beyond the limits of his actual occupancy is only a constructive one. If the true owner be at the same time in actual possession of ..."

4. Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve: Findings of the National by Martha R. Burt (1999)
"occupancy Levels of Shelter/Housing Programs Shelter/housing programs generally report occupancy levels in the 70 percent range (table 4.1). ..."

5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"occupancy tenants in that Province have only weak sub-proprietary rights. In the North-Western Provinces, cultivators who have no proprietary rights have ..."

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