The occupier of a house. Brande. More correctly, one who keeps house with his family; the head or master of a family, webster; 18 Johns. 302. one who has a household; the head of a household. See Greenwood v. Maddox, 27 Ark. <»55; Sullivan v. Canan, wils. (Ind.) 534; Shively v. Lankford, 174 Mo. 535, 74 S. W. 835
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
