One who disreputably mines land legitimately claimed by another.

To say that something belongs to oneself.

(usually with to) To take an action that asserts a property right in something.

A house hastily built on a piece of land in order to legalize a claim to the land.

(historical, Australia, Western US) To enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation.

(US, law) A patent claim where one or more limitations are specifically identified as a point of novelty, distinguishable over at least the contents of the preamble.

(US, law) A patent claim to a computer program, written in the form of a claim to an article of manufacture: a computer-readable medium on which are encoded, typically, instructions for carrying out a process.

(US, law) A patent claim that identifies multiple functionally equivalent chemical entities allowed in one or more parts of a compound.

(historical, Australia, Western US) The act of one who jumps a claim.

plural of claiming race