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Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

That one is a student in a university does not entitle him to vote where the university is situated, nor does it of itself prevent his voting there. He may vote at the scat of the university if he has his residence there and is otherwise qualified; Wickham v. Coyner, 30 Ohio C. C. 765; Berry v. Wilcox, 44 Neb. 82, 62 N. W. 249, 48 Am. St. Rep. 706. The mere fact of taking a room at a seminary for the sole purpose of studying does not constitute one a voter in the district in which the seminary is located; In re Goodman, 146 N. Y. 284, 40 N. E. 769; In re Garvey, 147 N. Y. 117, 41 N. E. 439; though he is in a Roman Catholic seminary studying for the priesthood, and has renounced all other homes, and, on admission to the priesthood, will continue in the seminary until assigned elsewhere by ecclesiastical superiors; In re Barry, 1G4 N. Y. 18, 58 N. E. 12, 52 L. R. A. 831; contra, In re Garvey, 147 N. Y. 117, 41 N. E. 439. The facts that the student is supported by his parents and spends his vacations with them are strong, but not necessarily conclusive, circumstances to prove that he has not changed his residence; Hall v. Schoenecke, 128 Mo. 661, 31 S. W. 97. Students may become voters of the place where the college is located, if they are selfsupporting and have given up their former residence and intend to remain in the county after their studies are over; In re Lower Oxford Contested Election, 2 Pa. Co. Ct. 323. See Chancellor’s Courts in the Twg Universities; Domicil; College.