Domestics
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Those who reside in the same house with the master they serve. The term does not extend to workmen or laborers employed out of doors.
5 Bin. (Pa.) 167; Merlin, Repert.
The act of Congress of April 30, 1790 (section 25), uses the word "domestic" in this sense.