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RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside) , in See also:

general, a See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode. In See also:

law, it usually means continuance in a place. The See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary meaning of the word has been defined as " the place where an individual eats, drinks and sleeps, or where his See also:

FAMILY

family or his servants eat, drink and See also:

SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep " (R. v. See also:

North See also:

CURRY

Curry, 1825, 4 B. & C. 959). For certain purposes, however, a See also:

man may be said to have his residence not only where he sleeps, but also at his place of business. See ABODE ; See also:

DOMICILE (Lat. domicilium, from domus, home)

DOMICILE. In ecclesiastical law residence is the continuance of a spiritual See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person upon his See also:

BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

benefice. As a general See also:

RULE

rule, it is necessary for every See also:

RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector or See also:

VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar to reside within his See also:

PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish, even though there may be no See also:

house of residence annexed to the benefice. But under certain circumstances the See also:

bishop of the See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese may See also:

grant a See also:

LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence of non-residence (Pluralities See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1838).

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