In this context, a picnic functions as a temporary occupation of significant public territory.
In several of the marriages at the time, the bride's temporary occupation is listed.
In the early 20th century there were two temporary occupations of the settlement.
The sitting-room, dirty, untidy, with its grubby air of temporary occupation, was empty.
"It is only a temporary occupation--a fancy of ours while we are in a difficulty."
Ham Hill probably had a temporary Roman occupation.
With certain exceptions, a direct physical occupation, temporary or permanent, represents a taking.
"Maybe this is just a temporary occupation, and the invaders will move on to another planet."
City came under temporary occupation by the Ottomans between 1578-1606 and 1723-1735.
The most prickly tasks in the entire command were the temporary occupations of the colonies of other European powers.
