'Squatting' definitions:
Definition of 'squatting'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Squatting'
From: GCIDE
- Squat \Squat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Squatting.] [OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater, esquatir (cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex + coactus, p. p. of cogere to drive or urge together. See Cogent, Squash, v. t.]
- 1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'squatting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abiding,
- abode,
- adverse possession,
- alodium,
- burgage,
- claim,
- cohabitation,
- colony,
- commorancy,
- de facto,
- de jure,
- dependency,
- derivative title,
- dwelling,
- fee fief,
- fee position,
- fee simple,
- fee simple absolute,
- fee simple conditional,
- fee simple defeasible,
- fee simple determinable,
- fee tail,
- feodum,
- feud,
- fiefdom,
- frankalmoign,
- free socage,
- freehold,
- gavelkind,
- habitancy,
- habitation,
- having title to,
- hold,
- holding,
- inhabitancy,
- inhabitation,
- inhabiting,
- knight service,
- lay fee,
- lease,
- leasehold,
- legal claim,
- legal possession,
- living,
- lodging,
- mandate,
- nesting,
- occupancy,
- occupation,
- original title,
- owning,
- possessing,
- possession,
- preoccupancy,
- preoccupation,
- prepossession,
- prescription,
- property,
- property rights,
- proprietary rights,
- residence,
- residency,
- residing,
- seisin,
- socage,
- sojourning,
- staying,
- staying over,
- stopping,
- sublease,
- tenancy,
- tenantry,
- tenure,
- tenure in chivalry,
- title,
- underlease,
- undertenancy,
- usucapion,
- villein socage,
- villeinhold,
- villenage