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Definition of Preoccupancy
1. Noun. The mental state of being preoccupied by something.
Generic synonyms: Cognitive State, State Of Mind
Specialized synonyms: Abstractedness, Abstraction, Absentmindedness
Derivative terms: Absorb, Engross, Engross, Preoccupied, Preoccupied, Preoccupy, Preoccupy
2. Noun. The act of taking occupancy before someone else does.
Generic synonyms: Moving In, Occupancy, Occupation
Derivative terms: Preoccupy
Definition of Preoccupancy
1. n. The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.
Definition of Preoccupancy
1. Noun. The act or right of taking possession before another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preoccupancy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Preoccupancy
Literary usage of Preoccupancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Christianity in the United States from the First Settlement Down to the by Daniel Dorchester (1888)
"I. Roman Catholic preoccupancy. I SEC. 3. Evangelizing Efforts. " a. ...
Roman Catholic preoccupancy. In sketches of the colonial era* it was noticed that ..."
2. The Law of International Copyright, with Special Sections on the Colonies by William Briggs (1906)
"preoccupancy ' may be defined as taking and retaining as one's own what previously
belonged to no one, ie res nullius. Such things are potentially res ..."
3. Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year by New-York Historical Society (1870)
"If the Indians had possession of them, then, with Submission, they had a Right
to them by preoccupancy, by the Law of Nature; and by all other Laws, ..."
4. Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the by American Bar Association (1907)
"It is the title of actual production and of preoccupancy. If a canoe is mine
because I made it, shall not that be mine which I actually created, ..."
5. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1895)
"352, Ellsworth, J., said : " Nothing is gained by a mere continued preoccupancy
of water under the surface. Why should any advantage be gained by ..."
6. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1852)
"Or if there are several species, as is not unfrequently the case, these particular
species avail themselves of the fact of preoccupancy. ..."
7. Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and edited by Charles Mason Hovey (1852)
"Or if there are several species, as is not unfrequently the case, these particular
species avail themselves of the fact of preoccupancy. ..."
8. A Treatise on the American Law of Easements and Servitudes by Emory Washburn, Simon Greenleaf Croswell (1885)
"Why should any advantage be gained by preoccupancy? Each owner has an equal and
complete right to the use of his land, ..."
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