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Temple

Temple, is as 'an edifice or place regarded primarily as the dwelling place or 'house' of a deity; hence an edifice devoted to divine worship. Historically, the word is applied

Cottage holding

Cottage holding, means a holding comprising a dwelling house, together with not less than a quarter of an acre and not more than one acre of

Arson

crops, etc., ss. 16-18; to coalmines, s. 26. Means, at common law, the malicious burning of someone else's dwelling house or outhouse that is either appurtenant to the dwelling house or within the curtilage, Black Law Dictionary

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Resiant

Resiant, means continually dwelling or abiding in a place, resident, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1310. Means continually dwelling or abiding

Residential premises

out for residential purposes nor does the expression cover all kinds of structures where humans may manage to dwell. The art of building is advanced far enough to make a building serve a residential, commercial or other

Torrens' Act

Torrens' Act, the repealed Artisans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act, 1868. See LABOURERS' DWELL-INGS.

Labourers' dwellings

Labourers' dwellings. Prior to 1890 the following five sets of enactments provided for the erection and maintenance of healthy 'labourers'

Industrial premises

Industrial premises, means any place or premises (not being a private dwelling house), including the precincts thereof, in which or in any part of which any industry or manufacturing process

Justices

with reserved rents of the clear yearly value of 300l. per annum; but two years' occupation of a dwelling-house of not less than 100l. annual value would of itself give a qualification by the Justices Qualification Act,

Judaismus, or Judaism

Judaismus, or Judaism, the religion of the Jews; also usury: also the dwelling-places of the Jews, Jac. Law Dict.

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