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Occupation

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

Use or tenure: as, the house is in the occupation of A B. A trade, business, or mystery: as, the occupation of a printer.

See Schuchardt v. People, 99 111. 500, 39 Am. Rep. 34.

It is synonymous with possession as commonly used, but. as used in a fire insurance policy the word unoccupied, is not synonymous with vacant, but is that condition where no one has the actual use or possession of the thing or property in question; Yost v. Ins. Co., 38 Pa. Super. Ct. 594; Ilardiman v. Fire Ass’n, 212 Pa. 383, 61 Atl. 990. A putting out of a man’s freehold in time of war. Co. Litt. s.

412.

See Military Occupation.

See Military Occupation.