Hotel

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A public house for the enter' tainment of travelers and casual guests. 44 N. J. Law, 492. The term is synonymous with "inn" or "tavern." 2 Daly (N. Y.) 17; 84 Ala. 452; 54 Barb. (N. Y.) 31L

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A house for the entertainment of strangers and travelers; an inn of the better sort. See 15 Ind. App. 88, 43 N. E. 146.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Under the Raines law of 1896, a building was not a legal hotel unless it had six rooms furnished as bedrooms with independent access by door from the hall, exclusive of rooms occupied by the family and servants of the proprietor; In re Mc Monagle, 41 Misc. Rep. 407, 84 N. Y. Supp. 1068; In re Brewster, 85 App. Div. 235, 83 N. Y. Supp. 564. In 1897 this law was amended so as to require ten bedrooms; In re Clement, 117 App. Div. 5, 102 N. Y. Supp. 37. See Innkeeper; Boarder; Guest; Tavern; Inn.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An inn; a publlc house or tavern ; a house for entertaining strangers or travelers. St. Louis v. Siegrist, 46 Mo. 594; People v. Jones, 54 Barb. (N. Y.) 316; Cromwell v. Stephens, 2 Daly (N. Y.) 19. Synonyms. In law, there is no difference whatever between the terms "hotel," "inn," and "tavern," except that in some states a statutory definition has been given to the word "hotel," especially with reference to the grant of licenses to sell liquor, as, that it shall contain a certain number of separate rooms for the entertainment of guests, or the like. But none of the three terms mentioned will include a boarding house (because that is a place kept for the entertainment of permanent boarders, while a hotel or inn is for travelers aud transient guests), nor a lodging house (because the keeper thereof does not furnish food for guests, which is one of the requisites of a hotel or inn), nor a restaurant or eating-house, which furnishes food only and not lodging. See Martin v. State Ins. Co., 44 N. J. Law, 485, 48 Am. Rep. 307; In re Liquor Licenses, 4 Montg. Co.. Law Rep'r (Pa.) 79: Kelly v. Excise Com'rs, 54 How. Prae. (N. Y.) 331; Carpenter v. Taylor, 1 Hilt. (N. Y.) 193; Cromwell v. Stephens, 2 Daly (N. Y.) 23.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

V. inn; Tavern.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An inn; a public house or tavern; a house for entertaining strangers or travelers. 54 Barb, 316; 2 Daly, 15; 46 Mo. 504,

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

What in France was known as a hotelerie,^ and in England as a common "inn "of the superior class found in cities and large towns, s See Inn; Tavern.