Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

House

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

"In a general sense, a building or shed intended or used as a shelter or habitation for animals of any kind; but appropriately a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place."

Webster, quoted in 11 Abb. Pr. (N. Y.) 292.

Several buildings, so constructed that they may be used as an entirety, may constitute a "house." 9 Ch. Div. 425. "House" has been variously held to mean "dwelling house", (11 Abb. Pr. [N. Y.] 292), or to include buildings used for other purposes (37 Tex. 412; 9 Ch. Div. 425), according to the context.