Habitation or place of residence; stay or continuance. In law it is used in different senses, to denote the place of a man's residence, or business, temporary or permanent. For some purposes, in law a man  may be deemed to have an 'abode' where he has a place of business, even although he reside elsewhere or where he has a temporary residence, although his permanent residence is elsewhere or even abroad. But 'abode' or residence is quite distinct from domicil, which means much more than even a place of permanent residence; whereas it would seem that 'abode' seems larger and looser in its import that the word 'residence', which in strictness means the place where a man lives i.e where he sleeps or is at home. [Whart.]