house

The 'House' to which the bill is to be returned is the House in session... no return can be made to the House when it is not in session as a collective body and its members are dispersed.

"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.

A place for the habitation and dwelling of man. A collection of persons; an institution; a commercial firm; a family. In a grant or demise of a house, the curtilage and garden will pass, even without the words “with the appurtenances” being added; Cro. Ellz. 89; 3 Leon. 214; 1 Plowd. 171; 2 Wms. Saund. 401, n. 2; Rogers v. Smith, 4 Pa. 93; Brown v. Turner, 113 Mo. 27, 20 S. W. 660. In a grant or demise of a house with the appurtenances, no more will Jac. 526; 2 Co. 32; Co. Litt 6 <2, 36. a, 2 Wma Saund. 401, n. 2. If a house, originally entire, be divided into several apartments, with an outer door to each apartment, and no communication with each other subsists, in such case the several apartments are considered as distinct houses; 6 Mod. 214; Woodf. L. & T. 178. A church Is a “house” within a statute prescribing a street line for houses; L. R. 15 Eq. 159; a smoke house is a house; Irvin V. State, 37 Tex. 412;• but a theatre is not a house; 14 M. & W. 181. As to what the term includes in cases of arson and burglary, see Arson; Burglary; Dwelling-House; Flat; Apartment. See also. Arrest.

1. A dwelling; a building designed for the habitation and residence of men. "House" means, presumptively, a dwelling-house ; a building divided into floors and apartments, with four walls, a roof, and doors and chimneys; but it does not necessarily mean precisely this. Daniel v. Coulsting, 7 Man. & G. 125; Surman v. Darley, 14 Mees. & W. 183, "House" is not synonymous with "dwelling-house." While the former is used in a broader and more comprehensive sense than the latter, it has a narrower and more restricted meaning than the word "bnilding." State v. Garity, 46 N. H. 61. . In the devise of a house, the word "house" is synonymous with "messuage," and conveys all that comes within the cartilage. Rogers v. Smith, 4 Pa. 93.
2. A legislative assembly, or (where the bicameral system obtains) one of the two branches of the legislature; as the "house of lords," "house of representatives." Also a quorum of a legislative body. See South-worth v. Palmyra & J. R. Co.., 2 Mich. 287.
3. The name "house" Is also given to some collections of men other than legislative bodies, to some public institutions, and (colloquially) to mercantile firms or joint-stock companies.

— Ancient house. One which has stood long enough to acquire an easement of support against the adjoining land or bnilding. 3 Kent. Comm. 437.

— Bawdy house. A brothel: a house maintained for purposes of prostitution.

— Beer house. See Beer.

— Boarding house. See that title.

— Dwelling house. See that title. -House-bote. A species of estovers, belonging to a tenant for life or years, consisting in the right to take from the woods of the lessor or owner such timber as may be necessary for making repairs upon the house. See Co.. Litt. 41b.

— House-burning. See Arson.

— House-duty. A tax on inhabited houses imposed sf 14 & 15 Viet. c. 36, in lieu of window-duty, which was abolished.

— House of commons. One of the constituent houses of the British parliament; composed of representatives of the counties, cities, and boroughs.

— House of correction. A reformatory. A place for the imprisonment of juvenile offenders, or those who have committed crimes of lesser magnitude. Ex parte Moon Fook, 72 Cal. 10, 12 Pac. 804,

— House of delegates. The official title of the lower branch of the legislative assembly of several of the American states, e. g., Maryland and Virginia.

— House of ill fame. A bawdy-house ; a brothel; a dwelling allowed by its chief occupant to be used as a resort of persons desiring unlawful sexual intercourse. McAlister v. Clark, 33 Conn. 91; State v. Smith, 29 Minn. 193, 12 N. W. 524; Posnett v. Marble, 62 Yt 481, 20 Atl. 813, 11 In R. A. 162, 22 Am. St. Rep. 126

— House of keys. The name of the lower branch of the legislative assembly or parliament of the Isle of Man. consisting of twenty-four representatives chosen by popular election.

— House of lords. The upper chamber of the British parliament. It comprises the archbishops and bishops, (called "Lords Spiritual,") the English peers sitting by virtue of hereditary right, sixteen Scotch peers elected to represent the Scotch peerage under the act of union, and twenty-eight Irish peers elected under similar provisions. The house of lords, as a judicial body, has ultimate appellate jurisdiction, and may sit as a court for the trial of impeachments.

— House of refuge. A prison for juvenile delinquents. A house of correction or reformatory.

— House of representatives. The name of the body forming the more popular and numerous branch of the congress of the United States ; also of the similar branch in many of the state legislatures.

— House of worship. A building or place set apart for and devoted to the holding of religious services or exercises or public worship; a church or chapel or place similarly used. Old South. Son. v. Boston, 127 Mass. 379; Lefevre v. Detroit, 2 Mich. 589; Washington Heights M. E. Church v. New York, 20 Hun (N. Yt) 297

— Inner house, outer house. See those titles.

— Mansion house. See Mansion.

— Public house. An inn or tavern; a house for the entertainment of the public, or for the entertainment of all Who come lawfully and pay reguiarly. 3 Brewst 344. A place of public resort, particularly for purposes of drinking or gaming. In a more general sense, any house made public by the occupation carried on in it and the implied invitation to the public to enter, such as inns, taverns, drinking saloons, gambling houses, and perhaps also shops and stores. See Cole v. State, 28 Tex. App. 536, 13 S. W. 859, 19 Am. St. Rep. 856; State v. Barns, 25 Tex. 655 ; Arnold v. State, 29 Ain. 50; Lafferty v. State, 41 Tex. Cr. It. 606, 56 S. W. 623; Bentley v. State, 32 Ala. 599; Brown v. State, 27 Ala..50.

— Tippling house. A place where intoxicating liquors are sold in drams or small quantities to be drunk on the premises, and where men resort for drinking purposes.

A building intended for human into floors and apartments, with four chimney. The word does not necessarily but may be restricted to a single apartment restricted to the building, but may be orchard or curtilage occupied with the the quorum of a legislative body. v.

1. A dwelling-house; a building divided into floors and apartments, with four walls, a roof, doors, and chimneys. But not necessarily precisely this.* Involves the ideas of an edifice or structure, and the abode or residence of human beings. Criminal statutes constantly use "house " as equivalent to " building." A term indicating the particular purpose to which a building is applied may be prefixed ^ as in State-house, court-house, school-house. In " out-house," buildings that are not dwellings, but merely appendages to some dwelling, are included. When a dwelling is meant, "dwelling-house" or " mansion-house " is us'^ally and properly employed.* While "house" is broader than "dwelling-house," it is narrower than "building."' Does not necessarily mean a whole building; is often applied to a separate apartment."* ' May mean " messuage " — land and structure; as in a will, and in statutes exempting property from taxation.^ The law of England has so particular and tender a regard to the immunity of a man's house that it styles it his " castle " and will not suffer it to be violated with impunity. Whence the aphorism, "every man's house is his castle." For this reason, no outside door can, in general, be broken open to execute civU process; though, in criminal causes, the public safety supersedes private. Hence, also, in part, arises the 1 a Bl. Com. 190-91, 517. See Comer v. Comer, 119 m. 179 (1886). = From hostel, Latin hospes, d stranger who lodged at the house of another; also, the master of a house who entertains travelers or guests. ' Cromwell v. Stephens, 8 Daly, 21 (1867), Daly, F. J.; ib. 200; 54 Barb. 316; 4 Duer, 116; 33 Cal. 557. « Slidell V. Grandjean, 111 V. S. 412 (1884). « Daniel v. Coulsting, 49 E. C. L. *125 (1845), Tindal, C. J.; Surman v. Darley, 14 Me. & W. 185 <1845); 2 Man; & B. 514; 8 Baru. & C. 461; 1 Car. & K. 533. •State V. Powers, 86 Conn. 79 (1869), Parke, J.; 4 Bl. Com. 221,824; 7Biss. 271. ' State V. Garity, 46 N. H. 62 (1865). s Quinn v. People, 71 N. T. 568-74 (1878), cases; Commonwealth V. Bulman, 118 Mass. 466 (1875). 'Rogers v. Smith, 4 Pa. 101 (1846); Mc Millan v. Solomon, 42 Ala. 358 (1868); Coimcil of Richmond v. State, animadversion of the law upon eavesdropping, nuisances, incendiaries; and for this reason a man may assemble people together lawfully, to protect and defend his house.' A man may defend his house even to the taking of life, if apparently necessary to prevent persons from forcibly entering it against his will, and when warned not to enter and to desist from the use of force. But the law doesnot sanction taking life to prevent a mere trespass upon real estate.'' See Domus, Sua, etc. A landlord might not formerly break open a house to make a distress; that would be a breach of the peace. But when he was once in the house, he might break open an inner door.^ See Mansion-house. Ancient house. Ahoiisewhiohhas stood for twenty years. In England, such house acquires a prescriptive" right to support from the adjoining soil. In the United States, as a rule, each land-owner has a right to the support of his ground in its natural state from the adjoining land, but not for buildings.* See Support, 2. House-breaking. Breaking and entering the dwelling-house of another with intent to commit a felony therein, irrespective of the time of day. Compare Burglaky. Household. A family; also, pertaining or appropriate to a house or family: as, household furniture, goods, stuff. See FOE-

has authority over the theatres and plays. Lords under the 14 & 15 Vict. c. 83, hearing appeals from the Masnow judges the Great Seal: ex officio lord and privy-councillor, an office now fused with tliat of Lord Cliaucellor. Lord Lieutenant. 1. The Viceroy of the Crown in Ireland. 2. The principal military officer of a county, appointed by the Crown. Lord Mayor's Court: v. Court, 62. Court of Lord Steward, Treasurer, Comptro Uer of the King's Household, Lord Warden of the Stannaries, etc.: v. Court, 54, 53, 46, 67, H. Lord Cranworth's Act The 23 & 24 Vict. c. 145, conferring certain general powers upon trustees and mortgagees. Lord Denman's Act The 6 & 7 Vict. c. 85, removing the disability of witnesses not parties on ground of interest. Lord EUenborough's Act The 43 Geo. III. c. 68, for punishing with death various assaults upon and offences against the person. Lord Langdale's Act The Wills Act, 7 Will. IV. & 1 Vict. c. 26.

estates, a place for the habitation and dwelling of man. This word has several significations, as it is applied to ditferent thingx In a grant or demise of a house, the curtilage and garden will pass even without the words “ with the appurtenances,” being added. Cro. Eliz. 89; S.C. 3 Leon. 214; 1 Plowd. 171; 2Saund. 401, note (2). Ina grant or demise of a house with the appurtenances, no more will pass, althouch other lands have been occupied with the house.. 1 P. Wms. 603; Cro. Jac. 526; 2 Co. 32; Co. Litt. 5 b.; 56 a. b.; 2 Saund. 401, ments, with an outer door to each apartment, and no communication with each other subsists, in such case the several apartments are considered as distinct. houses. 6 Mod. 214; Woodf. Land. & Ten. 178. In cases of burglary, the mansion or dwelling-house in which the burglary might be committed, at common law includes the outhouses, though not under the same roof or adjoining tothe dwelling-house, provided they were within the curtilage, or commen fence, as the dwelling or mansion house. 3 Inst. 64; 1 Hale, 558; 4 Bl. Com. 225; 2 East, P. C. 493; 1 Hayw. (N.C.) Rep. 102, 142; 2 Russ. on Cr.14. The term house, in cases of arson, includes not only the dwelling but all the outhouses as in the case of burglary. It is a maxim in law that every man’s house is his castle, and there he is entitled to perfect security; this asylum cannot therefore be legally invaded, unless by an officer duly authorised by legal process; and this process must be of a criminal nature to authorise the breaking of an outer door; and even with it, it cannot be done uatil after demand of admittance and refusal. 5 Co. 93; 4 Leon. 41; T. Jones, 234; the house may be also broken for the purpose of executing a writ of habere acias. 5 Co. 93; Bac. Ab. Sheriff, (N 38). The house protects the owner from the service of all civil process in the first instance, but not if he is once lawfully arrested and he takes refuge in his own house, in that case, the officer may pursue him and break open any door for the purpose. Foster, 320; 1 Rolle, R. 138; Cro. Jac. 555; Bac. Ab. ubi sup. In the civil law the rule was nemo de domo sua extrahi debet. Dig. 50, 17, 103. Vide, generally, 14 Vin. Ab. 315; Yelv. 29a, n. (1); House is used figuratively to signify a collection of persons as the house of representatives; or an institution, as the house of refuge; or acommercial firm, as the house of A B & Co. of New Orleans.