place of abode
collocation in Englishmeaningsofplaceandabode
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place
noun
uk/pleɪs/us/pleɪs/
an area, town, ...
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abode
noun[C usually singular]
uk/əˈbəʊd/us/əˈboʊd/
the place where ...
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(Definition ofplaceandabodefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Only 2 of the 1851 patients gave the workhouse as their previousplaceofabode, suggesting recent arrival for the remainder.
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The number of living children, child mortality experience, fertility preference and husband's placeofabode, did not enhance contraceptive knowledge once the effects of other factors were statistically controlled for.
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One is to send a letter to the owner at his usual or last knownplaceofabode.
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First, there is the case of the man who has oneplaceofabode, and has a vote in that place.
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These men have a definite setplaceofabode.
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He questioned the words, "when not at hisplaceofabode".
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Thirdly, there is a high risk of imprisoning individuals because they have no lawfulplaceofabode.
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First, the person charged must have no lawful means of support and, second, he must have no fixedplaceofabode.
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It must be strictly proved that the offender, at the time of the offence, was not at hisplaceofabode.
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Almost every time, the purchaser and his solicitor will have to ask whether a vendor's usualplaceofabodeis overseas.
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In exceptional cases, nationality orplaceofabodemay decide.
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I take the third instance, the case of a man who has several miscellaneous votes for places which are not hisplaceofabode.
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Amongst these conditions was a duty to report herplaceofabodeand any proposed change.
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There will be those who, for personal reasons, wish to change theirplaceofabode.
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If this question whether the vendor has atplaceofabodeoverseas has to be investigated in every conveyancing transaction, conveyancing will be drastically delayed.
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Even the vendor's adviser may not know whether his client has aplaceofabodeoverseas.
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He asked whether that was necessarily the lastplaceofabode.
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If a man accepts work at a place 60 or 70 miles from hisplaceofabode, that is his own concern.
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He has all the difficulties that a man has who has not a settledplaceofabode.
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Normally one'splaceofabodeincludes one's garden.
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