claim-jumping
Stealing staked territory
Claim-jumping is taking over a mining claim that someone else has staked, either by moving boundary markers or by exploiting legal technicalities in the claim's filing.
The practice was common during gold rushes and other mining booms.
Extended to any act of swooping in to take something another person has established rights to: She accused her colleague of claim-jumping after he pitched her idea to the boss.
One seeking valuable deposits
- stakeSharpened post or share
- placerMineral-rich sediment accumulation
- goldfieldPrecious metal mining area
- diggingsExcavated mining areas
lode · panning · assay · sluice · mineral rights · flume · dredge · tailings
Unauthorized entry onto property
- illegalForbidden by statute
- squattingLow crouch position
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- violationBreaking of rules
infringement · unlawful · poaching · theft · usurpation · appropriation · swindle · fraud
Family farm and dwelling
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- landgrabAggressive territorial acquisition
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
westward · colonization · frontiersman · sodbuster · wagon train · prairie · outpost · land rush
Legal rights over inventions
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- infringementViolation of rights
plagiarism · piracy · cybersquatting · credit stealing · corporate espionage · poaching
prospector
One seeking valuable deposits
- stakeSharpened post or share
- placerMineral-rich sediment accumulation
- goldfieldPrecious metal mining area
diggings · lode · panning · assay · sluice · mineral rights · flume · dredge · tailings · ore
trespass
Unauthorized entry onto property
- illegalForbidden by statute
- squattingLow crouch position
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
violation · infringement · unlawful · poaching · theft · usurpation · appropriation · swindle · fraud · pilfering
homestead
Family farm and dwelling
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- landgrabAggressive territorial acquisition
pioneer · westward · colonization · frontiersman · sodbuster · wagon train · prairie · outpost · land rush · squatter
intellectual property
Legal rights over inventions
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
infringement · plagiarism · piracy · cybersquatting · credit stealing · corporate espionage · poaching
claim-jumpingrightful ownership
Lawful claim to property
fair dealing · legal discovery · square dealing · homesteading
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