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Domicile
DomicileThe place at which a person has physical presence, which that person regards as home, and to which that person intends to return and remain even though currently residing elsewhere. The concept of domicile includes the concept of place and the concept of a settled connection with the place. A person has a settled connection with his or her domicile for legal purposes, either because that place is home or because the law has so designated that place. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Place Pleading, evidence. A particular portion of space; locality. Person This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons. Presence The existence of a person in a particular place. Home Where a person takes up his abode, without any present intention to remove therefrom permanently. Return Contracts, remedies. Persons who are beyond the sea are exempted from the operation of the statute of limitations of Pennsylvania, and of other states, till after a certain time has elapsed after their returning. Elsewhere In another place. Domicile The place at which a person has physical presence, which that person regards as home, and to which that person intends to return and remain even though currently residing elsewhere. The concept of domicile includes the concept of place and the concept of a settled connection with the place. A person has a settled connection with his or her domicile for legal purposes, either because that place is home or because the law has so designated that place. Legal That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Dominant Estates. In the civil law, this term is used to signify the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate. Dominant mind The dominant mind test permits the judge to determine whether the tug or the tow controls the towage operation and aids in determining whether the contract is "of" services (controlled by the tow) or "for" services (controlled by the tug). In this way, liabilities for loss or damage arising out of towage may be allocated. (In particular, the judge is the dominant mind.). Dominant tenement Used when referring to easements to specify that property (i.e. tenement) or piece of land that benefits from, or has the advantage of, an easement. Dominion The right of the owner of a thing to use it or dispose of it at his pleasure. Dominion directum Latin: the qualified ownership of a landlord, not having possession or use of property but retaining ownership. Used in feudal English land systems to describe the King's ownership of all the land, even though most of it was lent out to lords for their exclusive use and enjoyment. Dominion utile Latin: the property rights of a tenant. While not owning the property in a legal sense, the tenant, as having dominion utile, enjoys full and exclusive possession and use of the property. Dominium (United Kingdom) Ownership. Domitae Subdued, tame, not wild. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Domaine public Public domain. A French civil law term referring to all property of the French State which is incapable of ownership by virtue of its nature or the purpose for which the property is destined. Such property is unseizable, inalienable and imprescriptible. Dom-bec Dom-bec, Dome-book or Doom-book. A book in which Alfred the Great, of England, after uniting the Saxon heptarchy, collected the various customs dispersed through the kingdom, and digested them into one uniform code. Dome-book Dome-book, Doom-book or Dom-bec. A book in which Alfred the Great, of England, after uniting the Saxon heptarchy, collected the various customs dispersed through the kingdom, and digested them into one uniform code. Domesday Domesday or Domesday-book. An ancient record made in the time of William the Conqueror, and now remaining in the English exchequer, consisting of two volumes of unequal sizes, containing surveys of the lands in England. Domesday-book Domesday-book or Domesday. An ancient record made in the time of William the Conqueror, and now remaining in the English exchequer, consisting of two volumes of unequal sizes, containing surveys of the lands in England. Domicile Dominant Estates. In the civil law, this term is used to signify the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate. Dominant mind The dominant mind test permits the judge to determine whether the tug or the tow controls the towage operation and aids in determining whether the contract is "of" services (controlled by the tow) or "for" services (controlled by the tug). In this way, liabilities for loss or damage arising out of towage may be allocated. (In particular, the judge is the dominant mind.). Dominant tenement Used when referring to easements to specify that property (i.e. tenement) or piece of land that benefits from, or has the advantage of, an easement. Dominion The right of the owner of a thing to use it or dispose of it at his pleasure. Dominion directum Latin: the qualified ownership of a landlord, not having possession or use of property but retaining ownership. Used in feudal English land systems to describe the King's ownership of all the land, even though most of it was lent out to lords for their exclusive use and enjoyment. 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