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Definition :

House, means any hut, shop, warehouse, workshop, masonry or framed. [Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 (43 of 1994), s. 2(22)]

A home, dwelling, or residence, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 743.

The expression 'the house' will also include the land appurtenant thereto. Further, building includes the land on which it stands, unless by express stipulation. It is excluded, Jai Narain Parasrampuria v. Pushpa Devi Saraf, (2006) 7 SCC 756; T. Lakshmipathi v. P. Nithyananda Reddy, (2003) 5 SCC 150, see Aiyar P. Ramanatha: Advanced Law Lexicon, Vol. 2, 2005, Words and Phrases, Permanent Edn., Vol. 19A, Benedic v. Ocean Ins. Co., 31 NY 389 (394).