vacant
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)
Definitions from Case Law
From 535 U.S. 391 - US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett · 2002Most cited · 984 citing opinions
not filled or occupied by an incumbent [or] possessor." Webster's Third New International Dictionary 2527 (1976).
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Vacant means empty of everything but air, wherefore a house full of furniture, clothing, etc., left in charge of servants, is not vacant. 153 111. App. 33, i 249a.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Public lands are vacant and open to settlement, and therefore not subject to selection in lieu of relinquished forest reserve lands, only when they are unoccupied by others, are free from other claim of record, and are non-mineral in character; Cosmos Exploration Co. v. Oil Co., 112 Fed. 4, 50
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Empty, unclaimed. Vacant succession: where the heirs are unknown, or have all renounced.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Destitute of an occupant; empty; unfilled; unoccupied. Vacant of Bce. An office is vacant, or there is said to be a vacancy in an Utter barristers. Barristers-at-law, in general, who plead without the bar. They are called utter barristers (,i.«. pleaders without the bar), to distinguish them from the benchers or those who have been readers, and are sometimes admitted to plead within the bar, the same as king's and queen's counsel are. Camel.