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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 279 U.S. 655 - Okanogan Methow San Poelis Nespelem Colville and Lake Indian Tribes or Bands of State of Washington v. United States · 1929Most cited · 299 citing opinions
constitutional, presentment clause
The 'House' to which the bill is to be returned is the House in session... no return can be made to the House when it is not in session as a collective body and its members are dispersed.
How often courts cite the cases defining “house”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “house” — 451 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases 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.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1929–2018
the dwelling and a circumscribed area of surrounding land that is given the name "curtilage." Oliver v. United States, 466 U. S. 170, 180 (1984).