abiding
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 28 U.S. 99 - John Inglis v. The Trustees of the Sailor's Snug Harbour in the City of New York · 1830Most cited · 132 citing opinions
not merely present inhabitants, but present inhabitancy coupled with an intention of permanent residence.
How often courts cite the case defining “abiding”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “abiding” — 130 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.