Occupant
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Ina general sonse
One who takes possession of a thing, of which there ig no owner; one who has the actual possession or control of a thing. In a special sense. One who takes pose. session of lands held pur autre vie, after the death of the tenant, and during the life of the cestut que vie.
Oeccupantis flunt derelicta
Things abandoned become the property of the (first) occupant.
1 Pet. Adm, 53.