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Webster 1913 Edition

Inhabitancy

{

In-hab′it-ance

,

In-hab′it-an-cy

, }
Noun.
1.
The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy.
Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former
inhabitance
.
Carew.
2.
(Law)
The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inhabitancy

INHAB'ITANCY

,
Noun.
Residence; habitancy; permanent or legal residence in a town, city or parish; or the domiciliation which the law required to entitle a pauper to demand support from the town, city or parish in which he lives, otherwise called a legal settlement, which subjects a town to support a person, if a pauper.

Definition 2025

inhabitancy

inhabitancy

English

Noun

inhabitancy ‎(plural inhabitancies)

  1. The condition of inhabiting or of being inhabited; occupancy

Etymology

inhabitant +‎ -cy or inhabit +‎ -ancy

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