Domns sna oniqne est tntissimnm ro-fngium. To every man his own house is hls safest refuge. 5 Coke, 91b; 11 Coke, 82; 3 Inst. 162. The house of every one is to him as hls castle and fortress, as well for hls defense against injury and violence as for his repose. 5 Coke, 91b; Say. 227; Broom, Max. 432. A man’s dwelling-house is his castle, not for his own personal protection merely, but also for the protection of his family and his property therein. Curtis ▼. Hubbard, 4 Hlll (N. Y.) 437.
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
