Lodger

One who inhabits a portion of a house of which another has the general possession and custody. It is difficult to state exactly the distinctions between a lodger, a guest, and a boarder. A person may be a guest at an inn without being a lodger; Mason v. Thompson, 9 Pick. (Mass.) 280, 20 Am. Dec. 471; Peet v. McGraw, 25 Wend. (N. Y.) 653; Hickman v. Thomas, 16 Ala. 666; 6 C. B. 132. And boarder includes one who regularly takes his meals with, and forms in some degree a part of, the householder's family; 25 E. L. & Eq. 76. A lodger does not take meals in the house as lodger; but the duration of the inhabitancy is of no importance as determining his character. The difficulty in this respect is in deciding whether a person is an under-tenant, entitled to notice to quit, or merely a lodger, and not entitled to such notice.

See Woodf. L. & T., 2d ed. 132, 177; 7 M. & G. 87; Boarder; Guest; Inn.