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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

One who settles on the lands of others without any legal authority. This term is applied particularly to persons who settle on the public land.

3 Mart. (La.; N. S.) 293; 5 Biss. (U. S.) 530.