domicile fiction
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Definitions from Case Law
From 74 U.S. 139 - Green v. Van Buskirk · 1868Most cited · 191 citing opinions
the theory proceeds on the fiction of law that the domicile of the owner draws to it the personal estate which he owns wherever it may happen to be located. But this fiction is by no means of universal application, and yields whenever it is necessary for the purposes of justice that the actual situs of the thing should be examined