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But only in a narrow legal sense does patrimony necessarily belong to modern states occupying lands where ancient cultures once were.
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"Occupying land for the sake of occupying land is not what counts," he said.
Forcibly occupying land.
So what happens to people illegally occupying land now?
There have been reports of communities occupying land.
In Andalusia, landless farmers are occupying land collectively and cultivating it.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it referred to settlers occupying land, cultivating it and claiming it as their own.
Golf courses are increasingly occupying land worldwide.
Squatters occupying land near Heathrow in protest at the airport's expansion say they will "peacefully" resist bailiffs.
"We have requested protestors occupying land at Stapleton Allotments leave immediately and informed them that we have applied to Bristol High Court for a possession order".
Further west were the Lakandon Ch'ol, occupying land around the tributaries of the upper Usumacinta River.
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