Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a domicile, or the residence of a person or family.
- adjective (Law) a visit to a private dwelling, particularly for searching it, under authority.
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Examples
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A domicillary search order, in those days, conferred full powers on those in authority, and Juliette might at any moment now be peremptorily ordered to rise.
I Will Repay Emmuska Orczy Orczy 1906
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