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when a person voluntarily takes up his abode in a given place, with intention to remain permanently, or for an indefinite period of time, or without any present inten-tion to remove therefrom, such place of abode becomes hls residence or home. This word has not the same technical meaning as “domicile.” See isnghammer v. Munter, 80 Md. 518, 31 Atl. 300, 27 L. R. A. 330; King v. King, 155 Mo. 406, 56 S. W. 534; Dean v. Cannon, 37 W. Va. 123, 16 S. H 444; Jef-ferson v. washington, 19 Me. 293; welch v. whelpley, 62 Mich. 15, 28 N. W. 744, 4 Am. St. Rep. 810; warren v. Thomaston, 43 Me. 418, 69 Am. Dec. 69

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)