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.
Words nearby squatter's right
squassation, squat, squat thrust, squatter, squatter sovereignty, squatter's right, squattocracy, squatty, squauwmish, squaw, squaw huckleberry
Origin of squatter's right
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
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