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common occupant

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A quick definition of common occupant:

A common occupant is someone who has the right to live in or control a certain property or place. They may have acquired this right by being the first person to occupy the land or property after someone else has died. A general occupant is a type of common occupant who occupies land after the death of a pur autre vie tenant but before the death of the person who serves as the measuring life for the estate. A special occupant is someone who is specifically named in a legal document as being entitled to live in a property or place for a certain period of time, such as the heir of a pur autre vie tenant who occupies land after the tenant's death but before the measuring life's death.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: A common occupant is a person who has possessory rights or control over a property or premises. They may also acquire title by occupancy.

Example: After the death of a pur autre vie tenant, but before the death of the person who serves as the measuring life for the estate, the land can be occupied by the first possessor of the land. This person is known as a general occupant or common occupant.

This means that if someone dies and leaves behind a property without specifying who can occupy it, the first person who takes possession of the property becomes the common occupant. They have the right to control the property and use it as they see fit.

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actually can I ask u another question? How do you get CAS fees waived by schools? Is that unsolicited or is it normally solicited?
0:51
Lol, with the gtown essay last year, I shared a top 10 wine/sake list. Love that they still have the cop-out response.
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@KeenHeartbreakingRattlesnake: 100% unless you write something absolutley dimwit.
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oops. tagged the wrong person cus I am drunk. @usefulNappyClown
0:53
@InsipidLemon: really depends on how much they like you. Some schools will give it to you unsolicited, others you must ask.
I decided to apply to ASU because why not cause I saw they waived the application and CAS fee
It only took like 15 minutes
StandingOnBusiness
3:43
same here, i qualify for AZ residency so i figured it wouldn't be a bad thing to toss in the mix
StandingOnBusiness
3:44
20 business day admissions decision turnaround is lit
9:31
morning friends
9:32
it's a personal statement and essay grind typa day
Hi chowie
How'd you feel about your test
10:01
good morning y'all
Morning
10:37
Gecko, I feel pretty good. Two of the RC passages had really tough inference questions -- hoping I narrowed down my answer choices correctly
10:38
Very happy with LR other than having to guess on a couple questions cuz of time
10:42
i have a question about my personal statement. in my activism for the hospitality workers' union, i organized and spoke up in favor of stronger regulations on airbnb because the unregulated spread of airbnb throughout LA was inflating housing costs for workers and threatening their job security. do you think it's too divisive to mention regulating airbnb? idk
Nostradumbass
10:44
I wrote mine about how all activists should be consolidated into a large smelting pot and refined down to a viscous goo
Nostradumbass
10:45
Expecting a lot of rejections though
11:07
I'm sure you'll get a full ride to a few schools :P
11:11
The impression I get is most schools try not to judge based on the political implications of what you write about. They probably care more that you saw a problem and tried to fix it. That seems like a great thing to write a PS about @chowie
11:18
Besides, if a school didn’t let you in for trying to fix a problem you saw in your community, that doesn’t say great things about your school’s culture (assuming the thing you did showed good common sense judgment ofc)
11:19
That school’s* culture
11:23
Thanks Howl you're right :D I def talked about solving problems in my PS
12:03
@HowlEngineer: what's your dream school
MildChiller
12:08
"Have you applied for admission to [school] in a prior year" I applied in Oct. of the 23-24 cycle, should I put 23 or 24 as the year I applied?
MildChiller
12:09
Bcuz 2023 is when I technically applied but I applied for admissions in 2024
12:14
2024 cuz that's when you would've been admitted
I agree with Howl
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