A society of people liv-Ing in the same place, under the same laws and regulations, and who have common rights and privileges. In re Huss, 126 N. Y. 537, 27 N. E. 784, 12 L. R. A. 620; Gilman v. Dwight, 13 Gray (Mass.) 356, 74 Am. Dec. 634; Cunningham v. Underwood, 116 Fed. 803, 53 0. 0. A. 99; Berkson v. Railway Co., 144 Mo. 211, 45 S. W. 1119
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
