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Definition of Squatters

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Squat Squat, n. 1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground. 2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --erbert. 3. (Mining) (a) A small vein of ore. (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell. Woodward. Squat snipe (Zo["o]l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also squatter. [Local, U.S.]
Squatter
Squatter Squat"ter, n. 1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title. In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. --Macaulay. 2. (Zo["o]l.) See Squat snipe, under Squat. Squatter sovereignty, the right claimed by the squatters, or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.

Meaning of Squatters from wikipedia

- squatters in Manila, occupying 415 different locations.: 77  The number of squatters grew during the early 1980s, and attempts to relocate squatters to...
- the case and the squatters' factual possession. In Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd v Walters and Others [2005] EWHC (Ch), the squatter cannot be found to...
- The squatter pigeon (Geophaps scripta) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to northeastern Australia. According to Australia's...
- A shanty town, squatter area, squatter settlement, or squatter camp is a settlement of improvised buildings known as shanties or shacks, typically made...
- A squatters union, settlers ****ociation, or claimant club, is an organization of homesteaders or squatters established to protect their interests and property...
- act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building that the squatter does not own, rent, or otherwise have permission to use. In po****r terms...
- respectively. From here on, squatters were able to purchase parts of their land, as opposed to just leasing it. Squatters fought battles with European...
- The Squatter's Daughter may refer to: The Squatter's Daughter (play), a 1907 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan The Squatter's Daughter (1910...
- Squatter's Rights is a 1946 animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions. The cartoon is about a confrontation between Pluto...
- of squatters was a consequence of the 1848 California Gold Rush; when courts began to take legal action against squatters in the area, the squatters mobilized...