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HOUSEHOLDER

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The head of the household. 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. … [Read more...]

HOUSEKEEPER

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One who occupies a house. 2. A person who occupies every room in the house, under a lease, except one, which is reserved for his landlord, who pays all the taxes, is not a housekeeper. 1 Chit. Rep. 502. Nor is a person a housekeeper, who takes a house, which be afterwards underlets to another, whom the landlord refuses to accept as his tenant; in this case, the under-tenant aid … [Read more...]

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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Also known as HUD for short, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is the federal agency responsible for enforcing the federal Fair Housing Act. … [Read more...]

HOVEL

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A place used by husbandmen to set their ploughs, carts, and other farming utensils, out of the rain and sun. Law Latin Dict. A shed; a cottage; a mean house. … [Read more...]

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