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squatter's right
noun
, Law Informal.
- a claim to real property, especially public land, that may be granted to a person who has openly possessed and continuously occupied it without legal authority for a prescribed period of years.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of squatter's right1
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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Example Sentences
They came day and night, and though my reason denied them entrance they held their own as by a kind of squatters right.
From Project Gutenberg
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