Domicil
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 235 U.S. 561 - Gilbert v. David · 1915Most cited · 587 citing opinions
Change of domicil is said to arise where there is a change of abode and the absence of any present intention to not reside permanently or indefinitely in the new abode. If a person has actually removed to another place, with an intention of remaining there for an indefinite time, and as a place of fixed present domicil, it is to be deemed his place of domicil, notwithstanding he may entertain a floating intention to return at some future period. The requisite animus is the present intention of permanent or indefinite residence in a given place or country, or, negatively expressed, the absence of any present intention of not residing there permanently or indefinitely.
How often courts cite the cases defining “Domicil”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Domicil” — 1,083 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1914–1915
- ORIGINAL
The very meaning of domicil is the technically pre-eminent headquarters that every person is compelled to have in order that certain rights and duties that have been attached to it by the law may be determined.