Look up: Occupatio


  1. occupatio
    (from the article `Roman law`) In terms of occupatio, ownerless things that were susceptible to private ownership (excluding such things as temples) became the property of the ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/4

  2. Occupatio
    Occupatio, literally "seizing", is the rhetorical figure of bringing up and responding to a counterpoint before the opponent has the chance to make it. This is as opposed to apophasis, where the rhetorician feigns unwillingness to discuss a topic he or she is interested in. Occupatio was an origina...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupatio

  3. occupatio
    a figure of rhetoric where a writer explains that he or she will not have time or space to say something but then goes on to say that thing anyway, possibly at length.
    Found op http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic

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