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Occupier

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One who is in the enjoyment of a thing. A tenant, though absent, is, generally speaking, the occupier of premises; 1 B. & C. 178; but not a servant or other person who may be there virtutc officii; 20 L. J. C. P. 12; 47 L. J. Ex. 112; L. B. 1 Q. B. 72.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An occupant; one who is in the enjoyment of a thing.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An occupant; one who is in the enjoyment of a thing.