OCCUPATIO

By SovConn | May 23, 2013

occupatio (ok-y<<schwa>>-pay-shee-oh), n. Roman law. A mode of acquisition by which a person obtains absolute title by first possessing a thing that previously belonged to no one, such as a wild bird or pearls on the shore. Cf. RULE OF CAPTURE(2).

[Blacks Law 8th]

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