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Resiant

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

RESIENT, or RESYAUNT (from Law Fr. reseant, resident).

In old English law

Continually dwelling or abidinhabitants within a manor."

3 Leon. 8, case 21.