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Webster 1913 Edition
Squatter
Squat′ter
(-tẽr)
, Noun.
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 legal permission and restrictions, before acquiring title.
In such a tract,
squatters
and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. Macaulay.
2.
(Zool.)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Squatter
SQUATTER
,Noun.
1.
One that squats or sits close.2.
In the United States, one that settles on new land without a title.