- no fixed abode
- no fixed abode► used in legal cases to say that someone does not have a permanent address: »
Three men, all of no fixed abode, appeared in court charged with violent disorder.
Main Entry: ↑abode
Financial and business terms. 2012.
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No fixed abode — People living and working on a boat may be of no fixed abode , but are not homeless No fixed abode or without fixed abode is a legal term generally applied to those who do not have a fixed geographical location as their residence. This is… … Wikipedia
no fixed abode — A person of no fixed abode has nowhere permanent to live. A 30 year old man of no fixed abode was charged with the burglary … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
of no fixed abode — (law) Having no regular or habitual address • • • Main Entry: ↑abode * * * of no fixed abode legal british phrase without a permanent home Thesaurus: homeless and homelessnesshyponym towns, cities and villages … Useful english dictionary
of no fixed abode — A person of no fixed abode has nowhere permanent to live. A 30 year old man of no fixed abode was charged with the burglary … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
fixed abode — permanent dwelling, permanent residence … English contemporary dictionary
abode — In the meaning ‘a dwelling place’, abode is falling into disuse except in two fixed expressions: (of) no fixed abode, used of someone without a permanent address, and right of abode, especially as applied to citizens of Hong Kong who sought the… … Modern English usage
abode — a‧bode [əˈbəʊd ǁ əˈboʊd] noun [countable usually singular] formal LAW the place where someone lives: • He has the right of abode in the UK (= he has the right to live there ) . * * * … Financial and business terms
fixed — W3S3 [fıkst] adj 1.) [not before noun] firmly fastened to a particular position fixed to/in/on ▪ a mirror fixed to the bathroom wall 2.) fixed times, amounts, meanings etc cannot be changed = ↑set ▪ The classes begin and end at fixed times. ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
abode — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ humble (humorous) ▪ Welcome to my humble abode. VERB + ABODE ▪ take up your (formal or humorous) ▪ I had been invited to take up my abode at Go … Collocations dictionary
abode — [[t]əbo͟ʊd[/t]] abodes 1) N COUNT: usu poss N Your abode is the place where you live. [FORMAL] I went round the streets and found his new abode. 2) PHRASE: oft of PHR If someone has no fixed abode, they are homeless. [LEGAL] In any local hospital … English dictionary
