right of occupancy
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From 299 U.S. 476 - Shoshone Tribe of Indians v. United States · 1937Most cited · 450 citing opinions
Title in the strict sense was always in the United States, though the Shoshones had the treaty right of occupancy with all its beneficial incidents. The right of occupancy is the primary one to which the incidents attach and division of the right with strangers is an appropriation of the land pro tanto, in substance, if not in form.