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- squatter's right or squatter right,U.S. the right or claim of a squatter to the land on which he has settled: »
Gramp…took up the land, by squatter's right, about 1892 (Atlantic).
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squatter's right — noun : a right to occupancy of or title to land based on adverse possession for the statutory period of time * * * Law Informal. a claim to real property, esp. public land, that may be granted to a person who has openly possessed and continuously … Useful english dictionary
squatter — squat·ter / skwä tər/ n: a person who occupies real property without a claim of right or title ◇ In most jurisdictions, a squatter cannot gain title to land through adverse possession because adverse possession requires possession of the property … Law dictionary
Squatter — Squat ter ( t[ e]r), n. 1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under legal … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Squatter sovereignty — Squatter Squat ter ( t[ e]r), n. 1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squatter — [[t]skwɒ̱tə(r)[/t]] squatters 1) N COUNT A squatter is someone who lives in an unused building without having a legal right to do so and without paying any rent or any property tax. 2) N COUNT A squatter is someone who occupies unused land,… … English dictionary
Squatter — A person who settles in or occupies property with no legal claim to the property. A squatter is one who resides on a property to which he or she has no title, right or lease. A squatter may gain adverse possession of the property through… … Investment dictionary
squatter — /ˈskwɒtə / (say skwotuh) noun 1. someone or something that squats. 2. Australian History someone who settled on Crown land to run stock, especially sheep, initially without government permission, but later with a lease or licence: *These early… …
squatter sovereignty — noun : popular sovereignty 2 usually used disparagingly * * * U.S. Hist. (used contemptuously by its opponents) See popular sovereignty (def. 2). [1850 55, Amer.] * * * squatter sovereignty, U.S. the right claimed by the settlers of new… … Useful english dictionary
squatter — I. intransitive verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1785 to go along through or as if through water < ducks squattering to the shore > II. noun Date: 1788 one that squats: as a. one that settles on property without right or title or payment of rent b … New Collegiate Dictionary
squatter — squatterdom, n. /skwot euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that squats. 2. a person who settles on land or occupies property without title, right, or payment of rent. 3. a person who settles on land under government regulation, in order to acquire… … Universalium
