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occupying claimant:
(1801)
1. Someone who claims the right under a statute to recover for the cost of improvements done to land that is later found not to belong to the person. [1]
1. The terminology for one who seeks recovery for improvements made by him upon premises while he was in actual occupancy thereof in the belief that he had a good title. [2]
1. The term for a person who, while occupying premises either as a tenant or in the belief that he had good title, made improvements for which he is seeking reimbursement after vacating the premises. An action upon such a claim is maintained under statutes known as betterment acts or occupying claimant acts. [3]
References:
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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4
[2]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary with Pronunciations Third Edition by James A. Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Edited by William S. Anderson. © 1969 by THE LAWYER’S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931
[3]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary Legal Assistant Edition
by Jack Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Doctored by Jack G. Handler, J.D. © 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning. ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.
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