of no fixed abode

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• 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

• 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 — ► 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

• 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

• of no fixed abode — of no permanent residence or dwelling, having no permanent home …   English contemporary dictionary

• with no fixed abode — with no permanent dwelling, with no permanent residence …   English contemporary dictionary