house n
1 a: a building (as a single or multiple family house, apartment, or hotel room) serving as living quarters and usu. including the curtilage
b: a building (as one's residence or a locked place of business) in which one is entitled to protection (as from warrantless searches and seizures) under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
2 a: a legislative assembly esp. that constitutes a division of a bicameral body
the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays — U.S. Constitution art. I
b: the building or chamber where such an assembly meets
c: a quorum of such an assembly
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.