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preoccupancy

N การครอบครอง ก่อน  การ มี งาน มาก 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREOCCUPANCY

n.[L. proeoccupans.] 1. The act of taking possession before another. The property of unoccupied land is vested by preoccupancy.
2. The right of taking possession before others. The first discoverer of unoccupied land has the preoccupancy of it, by the law of nature and nations.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREOCCUPANCY

Pre *oc "cu *pan *cy, n. Etym: [See Preoccupate. ]

 

Defn: The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

 

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