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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

The dwelling in any place as an inhabitant, which consists in usually lying there.

4 Bl. Comm. 273.

In American law it is used to denote a mere temporary residence.

19 Pick. (Mass.) 247, 248.