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Hotel

An inn; a public house or tavern; a house for entertaining strangers or travelers. St ‘Louis v. Siegrist, 46 Mo. 594; People v. Jones, 54 Barb. (N. Y.) 316; Crom-weii v. Stephens, 2 Daly (N. Y.) 19

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