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Migrated

means 'to go from one place to another; especially to move from one country, region or place of abode or sojourn to another, with a view to residence; to move.' Corpus Juris Secundum published in 1948 gives

Five-mile Act

2,whereby popish recusants, convicted for not going to church, were compelled to repair to their usual place of abode, and not to remove above five miles from thence, repealed (after long disuse) by 7 & 8 Vict.

Deed

admissible. The parties are described by their several names, their rank, profession or calling, and their places of abode, except in the case of a peer. The assumption of any additional name should be stated so as

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Child in need of care and protection

need of care and protection' means a child-(i) who is found without any home or settled place or abode and without any ostensible means of subsistence, (ii) who resides with a person (whether a guardian of the

Addition

Addition, the title, or occupation, and place of abode of a person besides his names. See 1 Hen. 5, c. 5; Termes de la Ley, and compare

Resident

Dwelling or having an abode in a place for a continued length of time residing on ones own estate opposed to nonresident as

Fairyland

The imaginary land or abode of fairies

Neighbor

A person who lives near another one whose abode is not far off

Mousehole

A hole made by a mouse for passage or abode as in a wall hence a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse

Midgard

The middle space or region between heaven and hell the abode of human beings the earth

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