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House (Civilized dwelling In point)

a civilized dwelling. In point of law, the common expression, "a man's house is his castle," is in most instances true. Except where there has been a criminal offense, a man, in England and in the United States, can hold his house against all comers. In the United States a court can give a messenger permission to force a door, and arrest or distrain as may be wished.

In astrology the word "house" denotes the station of a planet in the heavens; a 12th part of the heavens as divided by great circles drawn through the north and south poles of the horizon, in the same way as meridians pass through the earth's poles. The heavens, visible and invisible, were thus divided into 12 HOUSE equal parts, six being above and six below the horizon. These divisions, or "houses," were numbered from 1 to 12, beginning with that which lay in the last immediately below the horizon. The first "house" was the "house" of life; the second, of fortune or riches; the third, of brethren; the fourth, of relations; the fifth, of children; the sixth, of health; the seventh, of marriage; the eighth, of death, or the upper portal; the ninth, of religion; the tenth, of dignities; the eleventh, of benefactors; and the twelfth, of enemies or captivity. See HOUSING.