House
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A place for the habitation and dwelling of man. A collection of persons; an institution; a commercial firm; a family. In a grant or demise of a house, the curtilage and garden will pass, even without the words “with the appurtenances” being added; Cro. Ellz. 89; 3 Leon. 214; 1 Plowd. 171; 2 Wms. Saund. 401, n.
2; Rogers v. Smith, 4 Pa. 93; Brown v. Turner, 113 Mo. 27, 20 S. W. 660.
In a grant or demise of a house with the appurtenances, no more will Jac. 526; 2 Co. 32; Co. Litt 6 <2, 36. a, 2 Wma Saund. 401, n.
2.
If a house, originally entire, be divided into several apartments, with an outer door to each apartment, and no communication with each other subsists, in such case the several apartments are considered as distinct houses; 6 Mod. 214; Woodf. L. & T. 178. A church Is a “house” within a statute prescribing a street line for houses; L. R. 15 Eq. 159; a smoke house is a house; Irvin V. State, 37 Tex. 412;• but a theatre is not a house; 14 M. & W. 181. As to what the term includes in cases of arson and burglary, see Arson; Burglary; Dwelling-House; Flat; Apartment. See also.
Arrest.