Squatter
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
In American law
One who settles on another^s land; one who settles on public land without title or authority.
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Letters in the statement of the venue in a record, pleading or affidavit,— supposed to be a contraction of scilicet, or a mark indicating a new paragraph. Stabit prsesumptio douec probetur in contrariuui, I. A presumption shall stand until proof be made to the contrary. Stabitar prsesamptioni donee probetur in contrariuin, I. A presumption will be stood by, or upheld until proof be made to the contrary.