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Permanent home or principal establishment of an individual. residence is not the same as domicile, since a person can have many transient residences but only one legal domicile, which is the home address to which he always intends to return for prolonged periods.
The domicile of a business is the address where the establishment is maintained or where the governing power of the enterprise is exercised.
For purposes of taxation, it is often a principal place of business.

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The place in which one makes his or her principal residence.


Example: Mason’s job requires her to travel throughout the United States. Although she owns property in several states, Mason’s domicile is New York, where she has her principal residence. Mason is subject to the laws of New York concerning automobile registration, voting rights, payment of taxes, and other matters.

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noun

A building or shelter where one lives: abode, dwelling, habitation, home, house, lodging (often used in plural), place, residence. Chiefly British dig (used in plural). See protection/exposure.

verb

1. To provide with often temporary lodging: accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk¹, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter, room. See protection/exposure.
2. To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period: abide, dwell, house, live¹, reside. See place.

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The place where an individual has his permanent home or principal establishment, to where, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning, 168 So. 2d 873, 877; “the one technically pre-eminent headquarters, which as a result either of fact or of fiction, every person is compelled to have in order that by aid of it certain rights and duties which have been attached to it by the law may be determined.” 51 N.E. 531, 532.
Every person has at all times one domicile, and no person has more than one domicile at a time. Restatement (Second) Conflict of Laws §11. Residence is not equal to domicile since a person can have many transient residences where he may temporarily be found but only one legal domicile which is the residence to which he always intends to return and to remain indefinitely.
A business or corporation may have a domicile which refers to the place where the establishment is maintained or where the governing power of the corporation is exercised. For purposes of taxation, it is often a principal place of business. 123 S.W. 353. 359.

The location where an individual, partnership, or corporation establishes permanent residence as per legal obligations.

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Pertaining to a household.

• d. calls — professional veterinary calls made to patients at their owners’ residences. Called also house calls.
• d. practice — the practitioner does not possess a fixed professional premises but makes all of his/her calls at the owners’ houses.

For a list of words related to domicile, see:

• Living Places - domicile: customary, fixed, permanent dwelling; legal residence
• Customs, Formalities, and Practices - domicile: person’s sole permanent legal residence

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hjemsted, bopæl, domicil
v. tr. - anbringe, bosætte
v. intr. - have fast bopæl

Nederlands (Dutch)
domicilie, verblijfplaats, (zich) vestigen, domiciliëren

Français (French)
n. - (GB, Admin, Fin, Jur) domicile
v. tr. - domicilier
v. intr. - domicilier, demeurer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Domizil, Wohnsitz, Aufenthalt
v. - domizilieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μόνιμη) κατοικία, τόπος διαμονής
v. - κατοικώ, παρέχω μόνιμη κατοικία

Italiano (Italian)
domicilio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - domicílio (m)
v. - domiciliar(-se), estabelecer(-se)

Русский (Russian)
место жительства, имеет постоянное местожительства

Español (Spanish)
n. - domicilio, residencia
v. tr. - residir
v. intr. - domiciliarse

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hemvist, bostad
v. - göra/vara bofast, domiciliera (växel)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
住所, 住宅, 使定居, 使在指定的场所支付, 居住

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 住所, 住宅
v. tr. - 使定居, 使在指定的場所支付
v. intr. - 居住

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 집, 어음 지불장소
v. tr. - ~의 거처를 정하다, (어음의) 지불 장소를 정하다
v. intr. - 살다, 주소를 지정하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 住居, 住所, 本籍地

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مسكن, مقر دائم لشخص وبخاصه المقر الرسمي (فعل) يأسس أو يزود بمسكن أو مقر دائم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגורים, בית, מקום מושב‬
v. tr. - ‮התיישב במקום‬
v. intr. - ‮דר, שכן‬

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