We prove that the Baire Category Theorem is equivalent to the following: Let G be a topological groupoid such that the unit space is a complete metric space, and there is a countable cover of G by neighbourhood bisections. If G is effective, then G is topologically principal.
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Jonathan Brown; Lisa Orloff Clark. A groupoid formulation of the Baire Category Theorem. Fundamenta Mathematicae, Tome 227 (2014) pp. 123-130. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-doi-10_4064-fm226-2-2/