Vacant Possession
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A term applied to an estate which has been abandoned by the tenant. The abandonment must be comthe premises, it Will not be so considared. 2 Chit. 177; 2 Strange, 1064; Buller, N. P. 97; Comyn, Landl. & Ten. 507, 517.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A term applied to an estate which has been abandoned by the tenant: the abandonment must be complete in order to make the possession vacant, and, therefore, if the tenant have goods on the premises it will not be so considered. 2 Chitty, Bail. 177; 2 Stra. 1064. A dwelling-house furnished throughout, from which the owner has removed for a season, intending to return and resume possession, was held not vacant, within the meaning of a policy of insurance; Herrman v. Ins. Co., 81 N. Y. 184, 37 Am. Rep. 488. See Insurance.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
estates, is an estate which has been abandoned by the tenant; the abandonment must be complete in order to make the possession vacant, and therefore if the tenant have goods on the premises, it will not be so considered. 2 Chit. Rep. 177; 2 Str. 1064; Bull. N. P. 97; Comyn on Landl. & Ten. 507, 517.