legal domicile
Where you're registered
Legal domicile is the place a person treats as their permanent home for legal purposes—determining which jurisdiction's laws apply to matters like taxation, voting, divorce, and estate proceedings.
Unlike a residence, which is simply where you live, domicile requires intent to remain indefinitely: She maintained her legal domicile in Texas even while working abroad for years.
A person can have multiple residences but only one legal domicile at a time.
- permanent residenceFixed long-term dwelling
- residencePlace one inhabits
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- probate lawRules for distributing inheritances
place of origin · inheritance rights · voting eligibility · federal jurisdiction · physical presence · property ownership · primary residence · court jurisdiction · international law · occupancy · electoral district · address · change of address · driver's license · abode · establish · fixed · dwelling
- cross-border marriageinternational marriage, cross-cultural marriage, foreign spouse, intermarriage, mixed marriage
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- truststrust fund, trusts, trust deed, trustee, trustees
legal domicileno fixed address
vacation home · holiday home · temporary lodging · homeless · pied-à-terre
legal domicilehomelessness
Lacking permanent residence
no fixed address · houselessness · vagrancy · transience · itinerancy