Legal Definition and Related Resources of House
Meaning of House
A dwelling , a building designated for habitation of human beings.
House Alternative Definition
In a general sense, a building or shed intended or used as a shelter or habitation for animals of any kind; but appropriately a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place. Webster, quoted in 11 Abb. Pr. (N. Y.) 292. Several buildings, so constructed that they may be used as an entirety, may constitute a “house.” 9 Ch. Div. 425. “House” has been variously held to mean “dwelling house”, (11 Abb. Pr. [N. Y.] 292), or to include buildings used for other purposes (37 Tex. 412; 9 Ch. Div. 425), according to the context.
Synonyms of House
noun
- abode
- accommodations
- aedes
- business establishment
- business firm
- clan
- commercial establishment
- company
- concern
- domicile
- domicilium
- domus
- dwelling
- dwelling place
- family
- firm
- habitation
- home
- homestead
- household
- kin
- kindred
- lineage
- living place
- living quarters
- lodging
- place of habitation
- quarters
- residence
- shelter
- tribe Associated Concepts: House of Representatives
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House in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
A dwelling-house; a building divided into floors and apartments, with four walls, a roof, doors, and chimneys. Involves the ideas of an edifice or structure, and the abode or residence of human beings. May mean “messuage” – land and structure, as in a will, and in statutes exempting property from taxation. 4 Pa. 101 (1846).
Note: This legal definition of House in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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