Resiance

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Resiance \Res`i*ance\ (r?z"?-ans), n. [LL. reseantia, ?? OF.
     reseance.]
     Residence; abode. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  RESIANCE. A man's residence or permanent abode. Such a man is called a 
  resiant. Kitch. 33.