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Private Dwelling-House

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A covenant which requires a house to be used as a private dwelling-house only, is broken by its being used as a school or dancing academy; 25 L. J. Q. B. 264; or as an institution for educating the daughters of missionaries; 47 L. J. Ch. 230; or as a club; id.; or as a hotel or lodging-house; 53 id. 682; but not by a public auction of the furniture of the house; 24 W. R. 485.