In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PREOCCUPANCY
preoccupancy, preoccupation
(noun) the act of taking occupancy before someone else does
preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption, engrossment
(noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
preoccupancy (usually uncountable, plural preoccupancies)
The act or right of taking possession before another.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*oc"cu*pan*cy, n. Etym: [See Preoccupate.]
Definition: The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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