Lodger
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
One who inhabits a portion of a house of which another has the general possession and custody. It is by this retention of general possession and control by another that a "lodger" is distinguished from a "tenant."
40 L. J. C. P. 188; L. R. 6 C. P. 360.
A lodger has no interest in the real estate.
117 Gal. 71.
It is difficult, in the present state of the law, to state exactly the distinctions between a "lodger," a "guest," and a "boarder." A person may be a guest at an inn without being a lodger.
1 Salk. 388; 9 Pick. (Mass.) 280; 25 Wend. (N. Y.) 653; 5 Sandf. (N. Y.) 242; 16 Ala. (N. S.) 666; 8 Blackf. (Ind.) 535; 14 Barb. (N. Y.) 193; 6 C. B. 132.
And boarder includes one who regularly takes his meals with, and forms in some degree a part of, the householder's family, 25 Eng. Law & Eq. 76.