Lodger
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
One who occupies hired apartments in another's house; a tenant of part of another's house. A tenant, with the right of exclusive possession of a part of a house, the landlord, by himself or an agent, retaining general dominion over the house itself.
Wansey v. Perkins, 7 Man. & G. 155; Pullman Palace Car Co. v. Lowe, 28 Neb. 239, 44 N. W. 226, 6 L. R. A. 809, 26 Am. St. Rep. 325; Metzger v. Schnabel, 23 Misc. Rep. 698, 52 N. Y. Supp. 105; Pollock v. Landis, 36 Iowa, 652.