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Burglary

and larron, a thief, fr. latro, Lat.]. At Common Law burglary is the breaking and entering of the dwelling-house of another in the night-time with intent to commit a felony therein. S. 25 of the (English) Larceny

House, Houses

25Vict. c. 97), ss. 9 and 13. 'House 'under the Public Health 1936 Act, s. 43, means a dwelling-house, whether private or not; under the Housing Act, 1936, s. 187, includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances;

Messuage

mistake of the n, in court hand, for u, they being written alike; or fr. maison, Fr.], a dwelling-house with its outbuildings and curtilage and some adjacent land assigned to the use thereof. See Co. Litt. 5

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Larceny

offender be a male under the age of 16 years, with or without whipping. (2) Larceny in a dwelling-house. Whosoever shall steal in any dwelling-house any chattel, money, or valuable security to the value of 5l. or

messuage

messuage [Anglo-French, probably alteration of Old French mesnage dwelling house, ultimately from Latin mansion- mansio habitation, dwelling, from manēre to remain, sojourn, dwell] : a dwelling house

Curtilage

court; and leagh, Sax., place], a courtyard, backside, or piece of ground lying near and belonging to a dwelling-house [see Pilbrow v. Vestry of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, (1895) 1 QB 433]; the limit of the premises in

Flat

1936, defined as a separate and self-contained set of premises constructed for use for the purposes of a dwelling and forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally, and 'block

Lodger

written agreement is often desirable to avoid dispute. Lodgers in rooms which have been let as a separate dwelling to them, unfurnished, may be tenants of a dwelling-house for the purpose of the (English) Rent Restrictions Acts,

Workmen

Patrika (P) Ltd. v. The Workmen, (1970) 3 SCC 248. Those earning their livelihood by manual labour. Workmen's Dwellings.-See HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES. As to facilities for small dwellings not exceeding a rateable value of 100l.

Marriage

publication of banns on three successive Sundays before marriage in the church of the parish wherein the parties dwell, or in the churches of the parishes wherein each of the dwells, if they dwell in different parishes,

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