Inhabitant in United Kingdom

Meaning of Inhabitant

The following is an old definition of Inhabitant [1]: Implies a more fixed and permanent abode than “resident; ” frequently imports many privileges and duties to which a mere resident could not lay claim or be subject. One domiciled: one who has his domicil or fixed residence in a place, in opposition to a mere “sojourner.” A person may be an inhabitant without being a citizen; and a citizen may not be an inhabitant, though he retains his citizenship. A legal voter; as, in a statute requiring that a subscription in aidvof a railroad must be approved by the inhabitants of a town. In a figurative sense, a corporation may be said to inhabit the place where its members reside; andsince, in a legal sense, it may be an occupier of land, any such corporation in England has been called an inhabitant. But aji ordinary business corporation, keeping an ofSce merely as a place for transacting busmess, cannot be said to inhabit the town where such office happens to be. Inhabitancy. A fixed and permanent abode or dwelling-place for the time being, as contradistinguished from a mere temporary locality of existence. Not the same as “domicil,” when applied to successions to personalty. See Habitanct. See Belong; Citizen; Domicil; Residence.

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Notes and References

1. Concept of Inhabitant provided by the Anderson Dictionary of Law (1889) (Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence; William C. Anderson; T. H. Flood and Company, Law Publishers, Chicago, United States)