Occupant

  • 11occupant — Person in possession. Person having possessory rights, who can control what goes on on premises. One who has actual use, possession or control of a thing. Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County v. Stepanik, 25 Pa.Cmwlth. 180, 360 A.2d 300,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 12OCCUPANT — ANTE. adj. Qui occupe, qui est en possession. Nous étions occupants, nous avons été dépossédés.   Il se dit aussi D un avoué qui occupe pour une partie dans un procès. Une même personne ne peut avoir sur une même demande deux avoués occupants.  … …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 13occupant */ — UK [ˈɒkjʊpənt] / US [ˈɑkjəpənt] noun [countable] Word forms occupant : singular occupant plural occupants 1) someone who uses a room, building, area of land, seat, bed, or other place during a period of time All of the current occupants have… …

    English dictionary

  • 14occupant — /ok yeuh peuhnt/, n. 1. a person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something: the occupant of a taxicab; the occupants of the building. 2. a tenant of a house, estate, office, etc.;… …

    Universalium

  • 15occupant — One in enjoyment of the occupancy of premises. One in actual possession, the tenant as distinguished from the landlord who has possession but not occupancy. Parsons v Prudential Real Estate Co. 86 Neb 271, 125 NW 521. For the purposes of the… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 16occupant — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ original ▪ current, present ▪ former, previous ▪ future, next ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 17occupant — oc|cu|pant [ˈɔkjupənt US ˈa:k ] n 1.) someone who lives in a house, room etc →↑resident ▪ The furniture had been left by the previous occupants. occupant of ▪ Police are still trying to trace the occupants of the house which was destroyed by fire …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18occupant — oc|cu|pant [ akjəpənt ] noun count * 1. ) someone who uses a room, building, area of land, seat, bed, or other place during a period of time: All the current occupants have lived in the building a long time. The occupants of the second car… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19occupant — noun 1) the occupants of the houses Syn: resident, inhabitant, owner, householder, tenant, renter, leaseholder, lessee; addressee, occupier; formal dweller 2) the first occupant of the post Syn: incumbent …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 20occupant —   Mea noho.    ♦ House occupant, noho hale …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary