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Leg. Adv. » Davison v. People, 90 111. 229 (1878). S3 Bl. Com. 11.

See particularly Semayne's Case, BBep.

91 (1605): 1 Sm. L. O. (H. & W.) 228; Curtis v. Hubbard, 4 Hill, 437 (1842); Nash v. Lucas, L. E., 2 Q. B. *S93 (1807). 4 See 2 Kent, 437.

— 6 Arthur V. Morgan, 112 U. S. 499 (1884), Blatchford, J. defining household effects subject Ho duty imder R.'s. §2605. » [Smith V. Findley, 34 Kan. 316, 323 (1885), Horton, Chief Justice. ' Griffln v. Sutherland, 14 Barb. 4B8 (1858); Bowne v. Witt, 19 Wend. 475 (1838); Woodward v. Murray, 18 house; implies the idea of a domestic establishment, of the management of a household.' House of correction. A prifeon for the confinement, after conviction, of paupers who refused to work, and vagrants. Established in the reign of Elizabeth.' For idle and disorderly persons, parents of bastards, beggars, servants who run away, trespassers, rogues, vagabonds, spendthi-ifts, and the like.* House of ill-fame. A brothel or bawdyhouse. A synonym for " bawdy-house." Has no reference to the fame of the place, but denotes the fact; proof of the fact may be aided by proof of the tame.* Such resorts are public nuisances: they draw lewd persons, endanger the peace, and corrupt the manners.* A flat-boat may be kept as such a house.' A house of prostitution is a constant menace to the good order of the community. It is a nuisance and the keeping of it a misdemeanor at common law. Its suppression, with punishment, are proper subjects of police regulation. In one form or another the authority to prohibit and suppress is given to' cities and towns.' See further Fame, Ill-fame; Bawdy-house; Lkwu; Patronize. House of refuge. A public institution for the confinement of incorrigible youth. Mansion-house. In the law of burglary, a dwelling-house. If a house, stable, or warehouse be parcel of the mansion-house, and within the same common fence, though not under the same roof or contiguous, a burglary may be committed therein;

— for the capital house protects and privileges all its branches or appurtenances, if within the curtilage or home-stall. A chamber in a college is the mansion-house of \3a& owner. So also is a room or lodging in any private house the mansion, for the time being, of the lodger, if the owner does not dwell in the house, or if he and the lodger enter by different doors. But a tent or booth is not a mansion-house: the law regards thus highly nothing but permanent edifices.^ Public-house. (1) " Public " may be applied to a house, either on account of the proprietorship, as, a court-house, which belongs 1 Aaron u State, 37 Ala. 113 (1861); 21 id. 261; 17 id. 482; 6 Baxt. 622. »3 Steph. Com. 225; 4 Bl. Com. 370, 377. »Tomlin; Laws, Prov. of Penn. (1632). * State 1).

Smith, 29 Minn. 195 (1888); 28 Mich. 213; 29 Wis. 435; 88 Tex. 603; 1 Bish. Cr. L. § 1088; 2 Whart. Cr. L. 1 1451. » Cadwell v. State, 17 Conn. 471 (1846); State v. Main, 31 id. 574 U863); Mc Alister v. Clark, 33 id.

92 (1865); State V. Garing, 74 Me. 163 (1882); Commonwealth v. Lavonsair, 132 Mass. 3 (1882). ' State V. Mullen, 35 Iowa, 807 (1872). to the county, or from the purposes for which it is used, as, a tavern, a store-house, or a house for retailing liquors.' Statutes against gaming in " public-hoiises " have particularly in view houses that ale public on account of the uses to which they are put. Whether any specified house is public is a question of law, although the general question whether a place is public maybe a question ot tact.> Compare Place, Public. (8) An hotel or inn, qq. v. See Bay-window ; Clearing; Curtilage; Disokderly; Domicil; Dwelling; Family; Finished; Floor; Grant, 2; Health; Heirloom; Incident; Lakd; Messuage; Nuisance; Search; Servant, 1.

Compare Douns. 2.

A body of persons organized for the performance of business or duties of a public nature; in particular, a legislative assembly, or a branch thereof. May mean the entire number of members; ^ or merely the members present doing business.' House of Commons, or of Iiords. See Paeliament. House of Representatives. See Assembly ; Congress.

Lower House

The popular branch of a legislature; the house of representatives. Upper House. The Senate.