Occupancy in building construction and building codes is the use or intended use of a building or part thereof for the shelter or support of persons, animals or property.
Occupancy
n.1)Using premises as a tenant or an owner for residential or other purposes. 2) Trying to gain legal ownership of real property or thing that is not owned by anyone else by occupying and having control on it.
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occupancy
n. 1) living in or using premises, as a tenant or owner. 2) taking possession of real property or a thing which has no known owner, with the intention of gaining ownership.
OCCUPANCY. The taking possession of those things corporeal which are without an owner, with an intention of appropriating them to one's own use.
Block Occupancy Indicator: An indicator used to convey information regarding block occupancy.
Block Signal: A fixed signal at the entrance of a block to govern trains and engines entering and using that block.
OCCUPANCY
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Occupancy Rate
The percentage of all rental units (as in hotels or mini storage) that are occupied or rented at a given time
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Exclusive Occupancy of the Marital Residence
Either party in a matrimonial action may be awarded exclusive occupancy of the marital residence at the court's discretion.
Certificate of occupancy
Definition
: a certificate issued by a local authority indicating that a building meets building-code requirements
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The hunter acquires a right to such animals by occupancy, and they become his property. No man has a right to enter on the lands of another for the purpose of hunting without his consent.
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A right of common in gross is a right enjoyed irrespective of the ownership or occupancy of any lands. It may exist by express grant, or by user implying a modern lost grant, or by immemorial usage.
"Thus landlord means the person who is entitled to exact payment of the rent and thetenant is the person who, by reason of his possession or occupancy or his rights thereto, whether by privity of contract or estate, ...
ADVERSE POSSESSION: A means of acquiring the title to property through occupancy for a specified number of years.
ADVISE OF COUNSEL: Recommendation regarding a decision or course of conduct made by an attorney to their client.
Lease: A written document in which the rights to use an occupancy of land or structures are transferred by the owner to another for a specific period of time in return for a specified rent.
Condemn: To judge guilty; to declare a building unfit for occupancy and to therefore order its destruction; to pass judgment upon someone convicted of a crime.
Provision in a lease agreement that releases the tenant from paying rent if an act of God makes occupancy impossible or otherwise precludes the property from being used.
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A road that has been added to the List of Streets and formally adopted by the Highway Authority and is maintainable at public expense, this usually happens when a new estate is ready for occupancy.
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as five years, in which a contract or lease is in force. 2) in contracts, a specified condition or proviso. 3) a period for which a court sits or a legislature is in session. 4) a word or phrase for something, as "tenancy" is one term for "occupancy.
Unlawful Detainer - An unjustifiable retention of real estate without the consent of the owner or other person entitled to its possession; may occur when a tenant refuses to leave premises after the right of occupancy has ended.
at will is one that may be terminated by the tenant or the landlord; it is generally interpreted by a court as being implied from the facts. An estate at sufferance arises when a tenant continues to occupy the land after the right to occupancy has ...
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