squatter

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 under a claim of right or color of title.

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

squatter
index habitant

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


squatter
n.
A person who sets up residence on property that does not belong to him or her.
v.
squat

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


squatter
An individual who settles on the land of another person without any legal authority to do so, or without acquiring a legal title.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


squatter
An individual who settles on the land of another person without any legal authority to do so, or without acquiring a legal title.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • Squatter — (engl., spr. ßkwotter, von to squat, niederkauern), in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika ein Ansiedler, der sich ohne Rechtstitel auf einem Stück unbebauten Landes niederläßt. Da diese Ansiedler viel zur raschen Besiedelung, namentlich der… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • squatter — settler who occupies land without legal title, 1788, agent noun from SQUAT (Cf. squat) (v.); in reference to paupers or homeless people in uninhabited buildings, it is recorded from 1880 …   Etymology dictionary

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