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Definition of Dwelling house
1. Noun. Housing that someone is living in. "They raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
Terms within: Bath, Bathroom, Bedchamber, Bedroom, Chamber, Sleeping Accommodation, Sleeping Room, Den, Dinette, Dining Room, Dining-room, Dressing Room, Family Room, Kitchen, Front Room, Living Room, Living-room, Parlor, Parlour, Sitting Room
Specialized synonyms: Cliff Dwelling, Condo, Condominium, Fixer-upper, Fireside, Hearth, Hermitage, Homestead, House, Lake Dwelling, Pile Dwelling, Indian Lodge, Lodge, Messuage, Semi-detached House, Vacation Home, Yurt
Generic synonyms: Housing, Living Accommodations, Lodging
Derivative terms: Domiciliary, Dwell, Home
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwelling House
Literary usage of Dwelling house
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown: Or, A System of the Principal Matters by William Hawkins, John Curwood (1824)
"Robbery in a Dwelling-House in the Day time, any Person being therein. t Sect.
... 9- " All and every person " or persons that shall rob any dwelling-house ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"_ As common-law burglary is the breaking and entering of the dwelling house of
another in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, it is not a burglary ..."
3. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"If the burglary be in an out-house, in law a part of the dwelling-house, it must
be laid to be done in the dwelling-house, or in the stable, "*lte s case' ..."
4. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"The appellant was the tenant of a dwelling house ami shop, and a piece of ...
The appellant is tenant of a dwelling house and shop, and a piece of ground in ..."
5. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"The term dwelling-house compre- Extent, hends nil buildings within the curtilage
or inclosure (s), all under the same range of building and roof, ..."
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