Occupation

That which occupies or engages the time or attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade. 134 111. 234. See "Occupancy." OCCUPAVIT (Lat.)

In old practice. The name of a writ which lies to recover the possession of lands when they have been taken from the possession of the owner by occupation.

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.

1. Possession; control; tenure; use. In its usual sense "occupation" is where a person exercises physical control over land. Thus, the lessee of a house is in occupation of it so long as he has the power of entering into and staying there at pleasure, and of excluding nil other persons (or all except one or more specified persons) from the use of it. Occupation is therefore the same thing as actual possession. Sweet. The word "occupation," applied to reni property, is, ordinarily, equivalent to "possession." In connection with other expressions, it may mean that the party should be living upon the premises; but, standing alone, it is satisfied by actual possession. Lawrence v. Fulton, 19 Cal. 683.
2. A trade; employment; profession; business ; means of livelihood.

— Actual occupation. An open, visible occupancy as distinguished from the constructive one which follows the legal title. Co.tting v. Patterson, 82 Minn. 375, 85 N. W. 172; People v. Ambrecht, 11 Abb. Prae. (N. Y.) 07; Bennett v. Burton, 44 Iowa, 550.

— Occupation tax. A tax imposed upon an occupation or the prosecution of a business, trade, or profession ; not a tax on property, or even the capital employed in the business, but an excise tax on the business itself; to be distinguished from a "license tax," which is a fee or exaction for the privilege of engaging in the business, not for its prosecution. See Adler v. Whitbeck, 44 Ohio St. 539, 9 N. E. 672; Appeal of Banger, 109 Pa. 95; Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Slate, 64 Tex. 274, 53 Am. Rep. 788.

In old 'English law. The putting a man out of his freehold in time of war; use, tenure or possession; usurpation of a franchise: a trade or business.

Possession; control; tenure; use. In its usual sense "occupation" is where a person exercises physical control over land. Thus, the lessee of a house is in occupation of it so long as he has the power of entering into and staying there at pleasure, and of excluding all other persons (or all except one or more specified persons.) "The word 'occupation,' applied to real property, is, ordinarily, equivalent to possession." In connection with other expressions, it may mean that the party should be living upon the premises; but, standing alone, it is satisfied by actual possession. 19 Cal. 688; 11 Abb. Pr. 97; 1 El. & El. 538. A trade; employment; profession; business; means of livelihood.