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Definition :

Dwelling house, according to Webster's Comprehen-sive Dictionary, the expression 'dwelling house' means a house built for habitation, a domicile. In law it may embrace the dwelling itself and such buildings as are used in connection with it. According to Black's Law Dictionary (Sixth Edn.), under statute prohibiting breaking and entering a 'dwelling house' the test for determining if a building is such a house is whether it is used regularly as a place to sleep, Narasimha Murthy v. Susheelabai, (1996) 3 SCC 644 (660). (Hindu Succession Act, 1956, s. 23)

Includes any building or part of a building which is occupied as a dwelling and any yard, garden, garage or outhouse belonging to the dwelling house and occupied with it, Insolvency Act, 1986, s. 385(1) (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England 3(2), para 390, p. 208.