See Also: occupier(dictionary)
occupier(dictionary)
OCCUPIER(law)
OCCUPANT or OCCUPIER(law)

dogwood (iou) and occupier (iou)


dogwood (iou)



dogwood noun. L16.
[from DOG noun + WOOD noun1. Cf. DOGBERRY noun1.]
Any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Cornus (family Cornaceae); their hard horny wood; esp. (a) the wild cornel, C. sanguinea, a shrub with dark red twigs and clusters of small white flowers; (b) N. Amer. (also flowering dogwood) the flowering cornel, C. florida, a deciduous tree in which the flowers are surrounded by large petal-like bracts. L16.
(The wood of) any of various shrubs and trees suggesting the wild cornel in appearance or by the hardness of their wood; esp. (W. Indies) the leguminous tree Piscidia piscipula; Austral. the leguminous shrub Jacksonia scoparia. L17.

occupier (iou)



occupier noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman occupiour, or from OCCUPY + -ER1.]
A person holding possession of property, esp. a dwelling or land, or a position or office; spec. a person living in a dwelling as its owner or tenant; a holder, an occupant. LME.
R. Rendell The letter had been sent to 'the occupier' and perhaps had not been meant for her.
A person practising or employed in a specified occupation; a person dealing in something, a trader, a merchant. (Foll. by of.) LME-E17.