占せん取しゅ権けん

noun

right of preoccupancy; right of prior occupation

Legal term referring to the right acquired by being the first to occupy or take possession of something, such as land or resources.

• 国こく際さい法ほうでは、無む主しゅ地ちに対たいする占せん取しゅ権けんが議ぎ論ろんされることがある。

  In international law, the right of preoccupancy over terra nullius is sometimes discussed.

• この土と地ちの所しょ有ゆう権けんは、最さい初しょの占せん取しゅ権けんに基もとづいていると主しゅ張ちょうされた。

  It was claimed that ownership of this land is based on the right of prior occupation.