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Resides, it contemplates not only permanent residence but also temporary residence. Residence only connotes that a person eats, drinks and sleeps at that place, and not that he should own it, Sri Kishore Chandra Singh Deo v. Babu Ganesh Prasad Bhagat, AIR 1954 SC 316 (320): (1954) SCR 919. [Registration Act, 1908, s. 33(1)(a)]

(ii) The expression 'resides' implied something more than a brief visit but not such continuity as to amount to a domicile, Jagir Kaur v. Jaswant Singh, AIR 1963 SC 1521 (1524): (1964) 2 SCR 73.

(iii) 'Resides' 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, Jeewanti Pandey v. Kishan Chandra Pandey, AIR 1982 SC 3 (5): (1981) 4 SCC 517. [Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (25 of 1955)]