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Non-Resident

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A nonresident is one who does not reside in or is not a resident of a particular place. One may be a nonresident of the United States or of a state, or of a county, or of any particular place. 169 III. 42, 43; 69 111. App. 423. NONRESIDENTIA PRO CLERICO REgis. A writ, addressed to a bishop, charging him not to molest a clerk employed in the royal service, by reason of his nonresidence; in which case he is to be discharged. Reg. Orig. 58.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Not residing In the jurisdiction. Service of process on non-resident defendants is void, excepting cases which proceed in rem, such as proceedings in admiralty or by foreign attachment, and the like, or where the property in litigation is within the jurisdiction of the court. One docs not necessarily become a nonresident by absconding or absenting himself from his place of abode; Lindsey v. Dixon, 5- Mo. App. 291; nor does a mere casual or temporary absence on business or pleasure render one a non-resident, even if he may not have a house of usual abode in the state; Crawford v. Wilson, 4 Barb. (N. Y.) 504; if there be no intent to change his residence; Fitzgerald v. Mc Murran, 57 Minn. 312, 59 N. W. 199. But where a man has a settled abode, for the time being, in another state for the purpose of business or pleasure, he is a non-resident; Hanson v. Graham, 82 Cal. 631, 23 Pac. 56, 7 L. R. A. 127; and it has been held that one who departs from the state with his family and remains absent for about a year is a non-resident, though he has not acquired a residence elsewhere, and though he intended to return in a few months; Hanover N. Bk. v. Stebbins, 69 Hun 308, 23 N. Y. Supp. 529. See Home; Domicil; Residence; Process; Service. NON RESIDENTIA PRO CLERICIS RE-

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One who ls not a dweller within some jurisdiction in question; not an inhabitant of the state of the forum. Gardner v. Meeker, 169 111. 40, 48 N. E. 307 ; Nagel v. Loomis, 33 Neb. 499, 50 N. W. 441; Morgan v. Nunes, 54 Miss. 310. Foa the distinction between "residence" and "domicile," see Domicile.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

One who does not reside, or is not a resident; one who resides out of a particular place or jurisdiction, v. Resident.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

One who is not a dweller within some jurisdiction in question; not an inhabitant of the state of the forum, NON-RESIDENTIO PRO CLERICO