Householder

Master or chief of a family; one who keeps house with his family. Webster. It "means more than the mere occupant of a room or house. It implies the idea of a domestic establishment." 37 Ala. 145. But a man who has absconded from the state, and left his wife and children remaining together as a family, was for their benefit held to be a householder. 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 402. And a single man renting a house in which he lodged with a younger brother has been held a householder. 2 Tex. App. 432. A keeper of a tavern or boarding house, or a master or mistress of a dwelling house. 1 Supp. Rev. St. Mass. 1836-1853, Index, p. 170. A person having and prohousekeeping. 14 Barb, (N. Y.) 456; 19 Wend. (N. Y.) 475.

Master or chief of a family; one who keeps house with his family. Webst. But a man who has absconded from the state, and left his wife and children remaining together as a family, was for their benefit held to be a householder; Woodward v. Murray, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 402; Bowne v. Witt, 19 Wend. (N. Y.) 475. A keeper of a tavern or boarding-house, or a master or mistress of a dwelling-house; Hutchinson v. Chamberlin, 11 N. Y. Leg. Obs. 248. A person having and providing for a household. The character is not lost by a temporary cessation from housekeeping; Griffin v. Sutherland, 14 Barb. (N. Y.) 456. For purposes of bail, one who rents and occupies part of a building as an office has been held a householder; Somerset & Worcester Sav. Bank v. Huyck, 33 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 323. See Aaron v. State, 37 Ala. 106; 1 Q. B. 72.

One who keeps house with household.

The occupier of a house. Brande. More correctly, one who keeps house with his family; the head or master of a family. Webster; 18 Johns. 302. One who has a household; the head of a household.