Definition of Lodgment

1. Noun. Bringing a charge or accusation against someone.

Exact synonyms: Lodgement
Generic synonyms: Allegation
Derivative terms: Lodge

2. Noun. The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily. "The lodgment of the balloon in the tree"
Exact synonyms: Lodgement, Lodging
Generic synonyms: Fastness, Fixedness, Fixity, Fixture, Secureness
Derivative terms: Lodge, Lodge

Definition of Lodgment

1. n. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged.

Definition of Lodgment

1. Noun. An area used for lodging. ¹

2. Noun. The condition of being lodged. ¹

3. Noun. The act of lodging. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lodgment

1. a lodging [n -S] - See also: lodging

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lodgment

lodged
lodgement
lodgements
lodgepole
lodgepole pine
lodgepole pines
lodgepoles
lodger
lodgers
lodges
lodgest
lodgeth
lodging
lodging house
lodgings
lodgment (current term)
lodgments
lodicula
lodiculae
lodicule
lodicules
lodranite
lods
loeffler pneumonia
loellingite
loellingites
loess
loessal
loesses
loessial

Literary usage of Lodgment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forms of Judgments and Orders in the High Court of Justice and Court of by Henry Wilmot Seton, Cecil Clare Marston Dale, W. Tindal King, W. O. Goldschmidt, Great Britain Court of Appeal (1901)
"lodgment in Court. LET the Deft В., on or before the — day of — (or ... [Add lodgment Schedule, Form No. 1, p. 206.] For order on motion in an admon action ..."

2. The Weekly Notes by Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (1894)
"32. [Manner о/ lodgment of funds in the Queen's Bench Division.]— In the Queen's Bench Division a lodgment of money to tho ..."

3. The Law of Trusts and Trustees: Under the Trustee Act 1888, the Trust by Arthur Reginald Rudall, James William Greig (1898)
"In every case of a lodgment in the Chancery and Queen's Bench Division under the provisions of the said Orders XXII. and XXXI., as provided in the preceding ..."

4. The Practice of surgery by James Miller (1857)
"Not only is the wound of the contused and lacerated kind ; there is also great probability of lodgment of the bullet, or portions of it, or of fragments of ..."

5. The Evolution of Governments and Laws: Exhibiting the Governmental by Stephen Haley Allen (1922)
""The lodgment shall be made in the lodgment-office of the place where the performance is to be effected; if the debtor makes the lodgment in any other place ..."

6. Divorce Practice: Containing the Procedure in Divorce and Matrimonial Causes by Thomas William Henry Oakley, Great Britain Court of Appeal, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1885)
"Paying In.—An order having been made for the payment into Court of any sum of money, the Solicitor will fill up, in duplicate, the " lodgment" Form to be ..."

7. Physiography by Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"lodgment of wind-blown sand. Sand grains are not often carried up to such great heights as particles of dust, nor do they remain so long in the air. ..."

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