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Dwelling-House

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

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 Hli. Real Prop. 338, and note. In the law of burglary. A house in which the occupier and his family usually reside, or, in other words, dwell and lie im Whart. Crim. Law, 357.