RESIDENCIA
Re`si*den"cia, n. [Sp.]
Defn: In Spanish countries, a court or trial held, sometimes as long as six months, by a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.
RESIDENCY
Res"i*den*cy (-den-s), n.
1. Residence. [Obsoles.]
2. A political agency at a native court in British India, held by an officer styled the Residentl: also, a Dutch commercial colony or province in the East Indies.
RESIDENT Res"i*dent (-dent), a. Etym: [F. résident, L. residens, -entis, p. pr. of residere. See Reside.]
1. Dwelling, or having an abode, in a place for a continued length of time; residing on one's own estate; — opposed to nonresident; as, resident in the city or in the country.
2. Fixed; stable; certain. [Obs.] "Stable and resident like a rock." Jer. TAylor. One there still resident as day and night. Davenant.
RESIDENT
Res"i*dent, n.
1. One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.