Its meaning in English law is not statutory, but has been developed by judges in cases decided over the last two centuries. The domicile of most individuals is their domicile of origin. The general rule is that an individual's domicile of origin is whatever domicile his or her father had when he or she was born.
Domicile • \DAH-muh-syle\ • noun. 1 : a dwelling place : place of residence : home 2 a : a person's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposes b : the place where a corporation is actually or officially established.
Domicile is a fancy word for the place where you live. Whether it's a mansion on 5th Avenue or a tee-pee in the desert, if you live in it, it's your domicile. Do you live somewhere?
Examples from the Collins Corpus Individuals acquire a domicile of origin at birth and this is normally the domicile of the father. Lawyers invented domicile because residence is fickle. You normally take on the domicile of your father, your domicile of origin. Tax in Britain depends on domicile and residence.
Noun. a place of residence; house or home; abode. Law.
Being legally resident (= living) in a place: domiciled in He was domiciled in Saudi Arabia. Living or sleeping somewhere.
Domicile is the place where a person has his true, fixed, permanent home and principal establishment, and the place to which, whenever absent, is the person's intended place of return. A temporary absence from the state does not automatically change a taxpayer's domicile.
Domicile refers to the place you call home permanently. Your domicile is important for legal purposes such as paying taxes, voting, and claiming benefits. Residence and domicile have different legal definitions and are differentiated primarily by the length of time you plan to live in a specific location.