‖n. [ Sp. ] 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. 1. Of or pertaining to a residence or residents; as, residential trade; a residential part of town. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Residing; residentiary. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]