Legal Definition and Related Resources of Boarder

A person who receives regular meals, or meals and lodging for payment made, under an express contract ; differs from a guest at an inn or hotel in that such guests are not bound by any express contract to have their regular meals at the inn or hotel.

One who, by a special contract, obtains food, with or without lodging, in the house of another. To be distinguished from a guest (q.v.) Story, Bailm. § 477; 26 Vt. 343; 26 Ala. (N. S.) 371; 7 Cush. (Mass.) 417.

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What does Boarder mean in American Law?

The definition of Boarder in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

One who boards, i.e., takes his meals on a regular basis in a particular place, paying by the week or month, usually with the clear (but not necessary) implication that he also lodges there.

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