Occupy
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To hold in possession; to hold or keep for use: as, to occupy an apartment.
Missionary Society v. Dalles, 107 U. S. 343, 2 Sup. Ct. G72, 27 L. Ed. 545.
In legal acceptation, actual use, possession, and cultivation.
Jackson v. Sill, 11 Johns. (N. Y.) 202, 6 Am. Dec. 303; Inhabitants of Phillipsburgh v. Bruch’s Ex’r, 37 N. J. Eq. 480.