squatter's
Trespassing inhabitant's possession
Squatter's is the possessive form of squatter—a person who occupies property without legal title or payment of rent.
Squatter's rights refers to legal doctrines that may grant ownership to someone who has occupied land openly for an extended period without the owner's objection.
The term appears most often in this phrase.
Forced departure from rental
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- unlawfulForbidden by statute
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
lawsuit · injunction · notice · police · removal · prosecution · ordinance · enforcement
Relaxed, not official
- slumImpoverished urban district
- favelaBrazilian informal settlement
- shantytownPoor area of crude shelters
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
shelter · homeless · encampment · tent · cardboard · tarpaulin · occupation · abandoned
One who colonizes territory
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- frontierEdge of settlement
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
- pastoralistGrazer of livestock
outback · station · grazing · rancher · bushman · stockman · selector · crown land
eviction
Forced departure from rental
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- unlawfulForbidden by statute
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
court · lawsuit · injunction · notice · police · removal · prosecution · ordinance · enforcement · statute
informal
Relaxed, not official
- slumImpoverished urban district
- favelaBrazilian informal settlement
- shantytownPoor area of crude shelters
makeshift · shelter · homeless · encampment · tent · cardboard · tarpaulin · occupation · abandoned · derelict
settler
One who colonizes territory
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- frontierEdge of settlement
- homesteaderOne who settles wilderness land
pastoralist · outback · station · grazing · rancher · bushman · stockman · selector · crown land · goldfields
rights
Justified claims to freedoms
- titleFormal honorific or name
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- adverse possessionClaiming land through occupation
land · dwelling · occupancy · homestead · tenure · settlement · deed · ownership · lot · parcel
squatter'sowner's
Of one who has
landlord's · proprietor's · homeowner's · tenant's · lessee's
- squatter's rightsOwnership through prolonged occupation
- squatters' rightsOwnership through continuous occupation
- squatter rightsClaim through continuous occupation
- squatter campIllegal improvised housing settlement
- squatter settlementsUnauthorized improvised housing communities
- cyber squattersThose hoarding web addresses