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  • OCCUPATILE
    That which has been' left by the right owner, and is now possess ed by another.
  • OCCUPATION
    Possession; control; tenure; use. In its usual, sense "occupation" is where a person exercises physical control over land. Thus, the lessee of a house is. in occupation of it so long as he has the power of entering into and staying there at pleasure, and of excluding all other persons More...
  • OCCUPATIVE
    Possessed; used; employed.
  • OCCUPAVIT
    Lat In old English law. A writ that lay for one who was ejected out of his land or tenement in time of war. Cowell.
  • OCCUPIER
    An occupant; one who le in the enjoyment of a thing.
  • OCCUPY
    To hold in possession; to hold or keep for use. Missionary Soc. of M. E. Church v. Dalles City, 107 U. S. 343, 2 Sup. Ct 677, 27 L. Ed. 545; Jackson v. Gill, 11 Johns. (N. Y.) 214, 6 Am. Dec 363.
  • OCCUPYING CLAIMANT ACTS
    Statutes providing for the reimbursement of a bona fide occupant and claimant of land, on its recovery by the true owner, to the extent to which lasting improvements made by him have Increased the value of the land; and generally giving him a lien therefor. Jones v. Great Southern Hotel More...
  • OCEAN
    The main or open sea; the high sea; that portion of the sea which does not lie within the body of any country and is not subject to the territorial jurisdic* tion or control of any country, but is open, free, and. common, to the. use of all nations. See More...
  • OCHIERN
    In old Scotch law. A name of dignity; a freeholder. Skene de Verb. Sign.
  • OCHLOCRACY
    Government by the multitude. A form of government wherein the populace has the whole power and administration In its own hands.
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