Belong
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
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.