Dwelling-House
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The house in which a man lives with his family; a residence; the apartment or building, or group of buildings, occupied by a family as a place of residence. In conveyancing. Includes all buildings attached to or connected with the house. 2 Hil. Real Prop. 338, aud note. In the law of burglary. A honse in which the oceupier and bis family usually reside, or, in other words, dwell and lie in.
Whart. Crim. Law, 357.