inhabitance

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This inhabitance requirement does not apply to holding the office of senator, nor does it apply to the appointment of a senator when a vacancy arises.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2025

"Body mass has also been linked with a species' inhabitance of islands, as island birds tend to be larger than mainland species."

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

This physical presence in the state would surely satisfy the Constitution’s inhabitance requirement.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2023

Why, instead, does the inhabitance requirement apply only to “elected” senators by its plain text?

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2023

The Jaredites were destroyed about the time that the Israelites came from Jerusalem, who succeeded them in the inhabitance of the country.

From The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 by Linn, William Alexander