metatus
metatus (m[schwa]-tay-t[schwa]s), n. [Law Latin] Hist. A dwelling; quarters; a seat.
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commorant
commorant (kom-[schwa]-r[schwa]nt). 1. A person who dwells in a place temporarily. 2. English law. A person who resides permanently in a certain place.
hundredor
hundredor (h[schwa]n-dri-d[schwa]r), n. Hist. 1. A freeholder of a hundred who can sue in, or act as judge of, a hundred court. 2. A person who has been empaneled (or is fit to be empaneled) on a hundred-court jury, and who dwells within the hundred where the cause of action arose. 3. An officer who
resident
resident, adj. 1. Affiliated with or working for a particular person or company (resident agent). 2. Dwelling in a place other than one’s home on a long-term basis (the hospital’s resident patient). resident, n. 1. A person who lives in a particular place. 2. A person who has a home in a particular place. •
breaking
breaking, n. Criminal law. In the law of burglary, the act of entering a building without permission. [Cases: Burglary 9(1). C.J.S. Burglary §§ 11–12, 14–16, 20.] “[T]o constitute a breaking at common law, there had to be the creation of a breach or opening; a mere trespass at law was insufficient. If the occupant of
occupancy
occupancy. 1. The act, state, or condition of holding, possessing, or residing in or on something; actual possession, residence, or tenancy, esp. of a dwelling or land. • In this sense, the term denotes whatever acts are done on the land to manifest a claim of exclusive control and to indicate to the public that
home
home. A dwelling place. See FAMILY HOME. manufactured home. Secured transactions. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, that when traveling is 8 body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and that is built on a
hide
hide, n. Hist. 1. In England, a measure of land consisting in as much as could be worked with one plow, variously estimated as 30 to 120 acres but probably determined by local usage. • A hide was anciently employed as a unit of taxation. Cf. CARUCATE. 2. As much land as would support one
contenement
contenement (k[schwa]n-ten-[schwa]-m[schwa]nt). Hist. 1. Freehold land held by a feudal tenant, esp. land used to support the tenant. • Magna Carta exempted this property from seizure. “Contenement, (contenementum) seemeth to be the free hould land, which lyeth to a mans tenement or dwelling house, that is in his owne occupation. For magna carta. ca. 14.
habitation
habitation. 1. The act of inhabiting; occupancy. 2. A dwelling place; a domicile. 3. Civil law. A nontransferable and nonheritable right to dwell in the house of another. La. Civ. Code art. 630. See RESIDENCE; DOMICILE. Cf. USUFRUCT.