The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;;
completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of
manhood; ripeness of judgment.
1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy. Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former inhabitance. Carew. 2. (Law) The state of having legal right to claim the priv...
