Definition of "inhabitancy" [inhabitancy]

• Occupancy. (noun)

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• "This has been done on numerous occasions in the past by the Senate with regard to appointments by governors, and does NOT involve judging "qualifications" (age, citizenship, and inhabitancy) which was limited in Powell v. McCormack."
• "I think not, he does not meet the inhabitancy requirements for that position."
• "A new aspect of inter-planetary inhabitancy or occupancy --"