Resiantia

or RESEANT1A (Law Lat) In old English law. Resiance; residence. Spelman. See "Resiance." RESIDENCE (Lat. resedeo). Personal presence in a fixed and permanent abode. 20 Johns. (N. Y.) 208; 1 Mete. (Mass.) 251: 105 Mass. 93; 23 Wis. 607. A residence is different from a domicile, although it is a matter of great importance in determining the place of domicile. 13 Mass. 501; 5 Pick. (Mass.) 370; 1 Mete. (Mass.) 251; 2 Gray (Mass.) 490; 19 Wend. (N. Y.) 11; 11 La. 175; 5 Me. 143. See "Domicile." "Residence" and "habitancy" are usually synonymous. 2 Gray (Mass.) 490; 2 Kent, Comm. (10th Ed.) 574, note. "Residence" indicates permanency of occupation, as distinct from lodging, or boarding, or temporary occupation, but does not include so much as "domicile," which requires an intention continued with residence. 19 Me. 293; 2 Kent, Comm. (10th Ed.) 576.

reseantia, L I.

In old English law. Resiance; residence.