先せん占せん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

prior occupation; preoccupation

General use: occupying or taking possession of something before others. Often used in contexts like land, seats, or rights.

• その土と地ちは先せん占せん権けんが認みとめられた。

  The prior occupation right to the land was recognized.

• 彼かれらは早はやく来きて良よい席せきを先せん占せんした。

  They came early and occupied the good seats before anyone else.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

acquisition by occupancy

Legal term: acquiring ownership of unowned property by taking possession of it. Used in property law contexts.

• 無む主しゅ物ぶつ先せん占せんは民みん法ぽうで規き定ていされている。

  Acquisition of ownerless property by occupancy is stipulated in the Civil Code.