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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To have a domicile. 5 Pick. (Mass.) 379. As to one having no domicile, it signifies the place where he temporarily resides. L. R. 1 Exch. 133. A corporation dwells in the place where its busine^ is done. 15 111. 437.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To have an abode; to inhabit; to live in a place. Gardener v. Wagner, 9 Fed. Cas. 1,154; Ex parte Blumer, 27 Tex. 736; Putnam v. Johnson, 10 Mass. 5o2; Ea-tontown v. Shrewsbury, 49 N. J. Law, 188, 6 Atl. 319.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

To have an abode; to inhabit; to live in a place.