actual residence
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From 65 U.S. 179 - Richard Gregg and Charles Ballance v. Robert Forsyth · 1860Most cited · 19 citing opinions
the residence and possession of land for seven years by a tenant inures to the benefit of the landlord, so as to secure for him the protection of the act; and that this protection is not confined to the particular close upon which the claimant resides, but also extends to the entire parcel of land of which the legal possession has been maintained as a consequence of his actual possession and residence