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Definition :

Dewelling-House, means A house boat which was moored to a pontoon and to the bank and bed of river in which it took the ground at half tide, was let to the defendant by an agreement which closely followed a form appropriate for the letting of a Dewelling-House and which described the patties as landlord and tenant and the house boat as a single-storey vessel, Chelsea Yacht and Boat Co. Ltd. v. Pope (CA), (2000) 1 WLR 1941.

Implies a building used or capable of being used as a residence by one or more families, and provided with all necessary parts and appliances, such as floors, windows, staircases, etc., Willioms v. Fitzmaurice, (1869) LRu QB 316