The occupier of a house. Brande. More correctly, one who keepshouse with his family; the head or master of a family. Webster; 18 Johns. 302. Onewho has a household ; the head of a household See Greenwood v. Maddox, 27 Ark.655; Sullivan v. Canan, Wils. (Ind.) 534; Shively v. Laukford, 174 Mo. 535, 74 S. W.835.
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