Domicile
noun
The place where a person lives or is legally considered to live.
My current domicile is in Los Angeles, California.
Often appears as...
- permanent domicile
- legal domicile
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To make a certain place your home or legal residence.
She domiciled herself in New York after obtaining a job there.
Often appears as...
- domiciled in
- temporarily domiciled
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The place where a person lives or is legally considered to live.
My current domicile is in Los Angeles, California.
Often appears as...
- permanent domicile
- legal domicile
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To make a certain place your home or legal residence.
She domiciled herself in New York after obtaining a job there.
Often appears as...
- domiciled in
- temporarily domiciled
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Importance
Understand that 'domicile' specifies where you're legally based, which affects your taxes and rights.
Changing your domicile can impact your tax obligations.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Housing
'Domicile' is more than where you sleep; it's your permanent legal home you may return to.
He works abroad but his domicile remains in Texas.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Ties
A domicile may imply a lifelong association with a place's culture and traditions.
Despite living overseas, her domicile in Japan maintains her cultural roots.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Importance
Understand that 'domicile' specifies where you're legally based, which affects your taxes and rights.
Changing your domicile can impact your tax obligations.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Housing
'Domicile' is more than where you sleep; it's your permanent legal home you may return to.
He works abroad but his domicile remains in Texas.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Ties
A domicile may imply a lifelong association with a place's culture and traditions.
Despite living overseas, her domicile in Japan maintains her cultural roots.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Importance
Understand that 'domicile' specifies where you're legally based, which affects your taxes and rights.
Changing your domicile can impact your tax obligations.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Housing
'Domicile' is more than where you sleep; it's your permanent legal home you may return to.
He works abroad but his domicile remains in Texas.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Ties
A domicile may imply a lifelong association with a place's culture and traditions.
Despite living overseas, her domicile in Japan maintains her cultural roots.
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Video examples
The Power of Simple...
We all know the Dorothy closes her eyes, and repeats the Good Witch's mantra, "No coordinates exist like one's domicile,
Video examples
The Power of Simple...
We all know the Dorothy closes her eyes, and repeats the Good Witch's mantra, "No coordinates exist like one's domicile,
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Homesickness is universal. But Neapolitan homesickness goes back further than the accidents of domicile. It is nostalgia for love and loss themselves, a soul-sickness caused by the very idea of leaving.
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Shah Rukh Khan
Indian Actor
I have lived in Mumbai for more than 20 years, have my domicile here, my home and family here.
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Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American Clergyman
The earth is yet the place of the domicile of man and all the offspring of the first man.
Quote examples
Howard Jacobson
British Novelist
Homesickness is universal. But Neapolitan homesickness goes back further than the accidents of domicile. It is nostalgia for love and loss themselves, a soul-sickness caused by the very idea of leaving.
Quote examples
Shah Rukh Khan
Indian Actor
I have lived in Mumbai for more than 20 years, have my domicile here, my home and family here.
Quote examples
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
American Clergyman
The earth is yet the place of the domicile of man and all the offspring of the first man.
Example 1 of 3
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