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squattage|ˈskwɒtɪdʒ| [f. squat v. 9.] 1. A holding occupied by a squatter.
1862G. Duffy Land Law Victoria 10 Those..will necessarily desire to prevent any unfair absorption of the land, which must be speedily replaced out of their own squattages. 1864W. Westgarth Colony of Victoria 272 The great Riverine district, which is one vast series of squattages. 1891Daily News 11 Sept. 2/4 Their holdings being originally squattages or small enclosures made on commons and waste lands. 2. The occupation of ground, etc., by squatting.
1901Pall Mall G. 1 July 3/1 The Piccadilly newsvendor, whose rights of squattage..that Office had not been prepared to acknowledge. |