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DWELLING PLACE [2 records]

Record 1 2019-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing
DEF

A structure designed as the living quarters of one or more households, usually equipped (in the more developed areas of the world) with cooking, bathing, toilet, and (where necessary) heating facilities.

PHR

housing instability

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
DEF

Lieu où l'homme habite, seul ou avec sa famille.

OBS

Maison, terme concret, désigne un bâtiment entier, tandis que les mots concernant l'habitation, la demeure (abri, asile, etc.) s'appliquent à tout lieu, bâtiment ou partie de bâtiment où l'on habite.

PHR

instabilité de logement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Viviendas (Urbanismo)
DEF

Sitio destinado a ser habitado.

OBS

vivienda: aplicado a las personas, se emplea como colectivo: el problema de la vivienda.

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Record 2 2013-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

The place of ordinary residence of a person is the place that has always been, or that has been adopted as, his or her dwelling place, and to which the person intends to return when away from it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

Le lieu de résidence habituelle d'une personne est l'endroit qui a toujours été, ou qu'elle a adopté comme étant, son lieu d'habitation ou sa demeure, où elle entend revenir après une absence.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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