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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In American law

One who settles on another's land, particularly on public lands, without a title.

See O'Donnell v. McIntyre, 16 Abb. N. C. (N. Y.) 84; Parkersburg Industrial Co. v. Schultz, 43 W. Va. 470, 27 S. E. 255.