Occupans
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Occupant.
See Occupy. Occupantis fiunt dereliota. Things abandoned become the property of the first taker. This is the rule of the regard to vessels and cargoes abandoned at sea, see Derelict.