noun. The act or general practice of occupying a building or land illegally.

verb. Present participle of squat.

noun. exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

noun. the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

"We hear also that the people have already in many instances exhibited that propensity common to the habits of common life, which we call squatting, and to which we have always looked forward as one of the evils likely to accompany their emancipation, and calling for the earliest and most serious attention of our Legislature."

squatter  

leg exercise  motility  motion  move  movement  

allotting  blotting  botting  clotting  dotting  

abiding  abode  adverse possession  alodium  burgage  

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