OCCUPANCIES

Noun

occupancies

plural of occupancy

Source: Wiktionary

OCCUPANCY

Oc"cu*pan*cy, n. Etym: [See Occupant.]

Definition: The act of taking or holding possession; possession; occupation. Title by occupancy (Law), a right of property acquired by taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thing which belonged to nobody, and appropriating it. Blackstone. Kent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition