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Reside, means dwell permanently or for a considerable time, to have one's settled or usual abode, to live in or at a particular place, Oxford Dictionary.

Means dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have one's settled or usual abode; to live in or at a particular place. The meaning, therefore, covers not only the place where the person has a permanent residence but also the place where the person has resided for a 'considerable time', (Oxford Dictionary). See also Union of India v. Dudh Nath Prasad, (2000) 2 SCC 20.

Means live, abide, sojourn, stay, remain, lodge. To settle oneself or a thing in a place, to be stationed, to remain or stay, to dwell permanently or continuously, to have a settled abode for a time, to have one's residence or domicile; specifically, to be in residence, to have an abiding place, to be present as an element, to inhere as a quality to be vested as a right, Black's Law Dictionary, 5th Edn. See also Union of India v. Dudh Nath Prasad, (2000) 2 SCC 20.

Means to dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have one's settled ..... abode; to live in or at a particular place, R (Williams) v. Horsham DC (CA), (2004) 1 WLR 1137.

Means to dwell permanently or for a length of time. Temporary place of residence or a causal place of stay is thus excluded from being called a residence, T. Sareetha v. T. Venkata Subbaiah, AIR 1983 AP 356.

Means to make an abode for a considerable time to dwell permanently or for a length of time, to have a settled abode for a time. It is the place where a person has a fixed home or abode, Jeewanti Pandey v. Kishan Chandra Pandey, AIR 1982 SC 3 [See also Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, ss. 12, 19, Cl. (ii).]