Legal Definition and Related Resources of Habitation
Meaning of Habitation
In Civil Law. The right of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. It diflfered from a usufruct In this, that the usufructuary might apply the house to any purpose, as of a store or manufactory; whereas the party having the right of habitation could only use it for the residence of himself and family. 1 Brown, Civ. Law, 184; Domat. Civ. Law, lib. 1, tit. 11, § 2, note 7. In Estates. A dwelling house; a home stall. 2 Bl. Comm. 4; 4 Bl. Comm. 220. See 10 Grat. (Va.) 64.
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Synonyms of Habitation
(Act of inhabiting), noun
- abiding
- continuance
- dwelling
- habitancy
- inhabitance
- inhabitancy
- inhabitation
- lodgment
- occupancy
- occupation
- possession
- remaining
- residence
- residing
- settlement
- sojourn
- sojournment
- tenancy
(Dwelling place), noun
- abiding place
- abode
- accommodations
- address
- domicile
- domicilium
- domus
- dwelling
- habitat
- headquarters
- home
- homestead
- house
- housing
- living quarters
- lodging
- lodgment
- nest
- place
- place of abode
- place of residence
- quarters
- residence
- settlement
- site
- tabernacle
- tectum
Habitation in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
See Dwelling.
Note: This legal definition of Habitation in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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- Dwelling
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