davegran
Regular Member
Citation? My law dictionary has no entry for "occupy", but a regular dictionary lists:The legal definition of occupy means something specific: oc-cu-py (verb) to dwell or reside in
In definition #1. you occupy something by being in it. Ergo, she occupied the parking lot.oc·cu·py tr.v. oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing, oc·cu·pies 1. To fill up (time or space): a lecture that occupied three hours.
2. To dwell or reside in.
3. To hold or fill (an office or position).
4. To seize possession of and maintain control over by or as if by conquest.
5. To engage or employ the attention or concentration of: occupied the children with coloring books.