vacant

vacant, adj.

1. Empty; unoccupied (a vacant office). • Courts have sometimes distinguished vacant from unoc-cupied, holding that vacant means completely empty while unoccupied means not routinely characterized by the presence of human beings.

2. Absolutely free, unclaimed, and unoccupied (vacant land).

3. (Of an estate) abandoned; having no heir or claimant. — The term implies either abandonment or nonoccupancy for any purpose.

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