Belong
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Anderson (1889)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To appertain to; to be the property of. Property "belonging" to a person has two general meanings: (1) ownership; (2) the absolute right of user. A road may be said with perfect propriety to belong to a man who has the right to use it as of right although the soil does not belong to him; 31 L. J. Ex. 227. See Fim It may also signify a legal residence. As, the town to which a slave belongs is that alone in which he has a legal settlement; Columbia v. Williams, 3 Conn. 467.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
In statutes referring to inhabitancy, the poor, etc., designates the place of a person's legal settlement, not merely his place of residence. 5 Belonging to. In the Pennsylvania statute defining arson, includes all structures (as, for example, a bam) so near a dwelling-house on the same premises as to endanger the safety of the house in case of fire.' See Accessory; Incident.