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domicile Definition

domi·cile (däm′ə sīl′, -sil; also, -dō′mə-)

noun

  1. a customary dwelling place; home; residence
  2. Law one's fixed place of dwelling, where one intends to reside more or less permanently

Etymology: ME domicelle < OFr domicile < L domicilium, a dwelling, home < domus: see dome

transitive verb -·ciled′, -·cil′·ing

to establish in a domicile

domicile Related Forms

dom′·i·cil′i·ar′y (--sil′ē er′ē) adjective

domicile Synonyms

domicile

n.

residence, house, habitation; see home 1, 2.

domicile Finance Definition

A legal place of residence, used when filing corporate reports with the state’s secretary of state and when filing income taxes. Domiciles are established when the corporation files papers of incorporation with the secretary of state. For individuals, domicile is established by having a permanent home, registering to vote, or obtaining a driver’s license.

domicile Law Definition

n

An individual or corporation’s permanent legal residence, of which there may only be one; for an individual or corporation with multiple residences, the primary one, determining the proper jurisdiction for matters such as taxation, voting, and so on.  In the case of multiple residences, an individual’s domicile is that to which he always intends to return.

domicile Usage Examples

Object

  • spouse: No such limit applies where the gift is being made to a UK domiciled spouse by their non-UK domiciled spouse.
  • defendant: In her case there was no potential defendant domiciled in England.
  • graduate: Taking the actual HESA agreed statistics gives us 65 per cent of our UK domiciled graduates in jobs.
  • applicant: Applicants domiciled in the United Kingdom will receive £ 1,500 for two months; applicants domiciled abroad will receive £ 1,850 for two months.
  • student: From 2000, non-EU domiciled students were excluded from the survey.
  • person: The case involved a French and a UK cancer charity which inherited French and UK property from a person domiciled in France.

Converse of object

acquire: Either a person has acquired a domicile of choice in this country or she has not.

Adjective modifier

foreign: However, adopting UK citizenship will certainly weaken your case for foreign domicile.

Modifies a noun

  • ruler: Let the same native with Scorpio rising have its domicile ruler ( Mars ) in the 10th house.
  • requirement: Key features of the International Business Company are as follows: There are no requirements for a local director or any domicile requirements.
  • status: Establishing your domicile status is an even more complex task.

Modifying Another Word

  • permanently: The student may be either normally UK domiciled or permanently domiciled overseas.
  • abroad: These liabilities would not arise at all on companies domiciled abroad.
  • overseas: Once you become domiciled overseas you will be liable for UK inheritance tax only on property you hold here.
  • elsewhere: SSAFA Forces Help also helps maintain links with immediate and extended families who are domiciled elsewhere.

Possessives

husband: After marriage this domicile would change when your husband's domicile changed.

Preposition: in

state: In that case the Brussels Convention provides that the supplier is deemed to be domiciled in the State of his branch.

Preposition: of

  • origin: Your domicile of origin is not necessarily the country in which you were born.
  • dependency: Domicile of dependency Under the age of 16 a child has the same domicile as the person on whom they are legally dependent.
  • choice: Either a person has acquired a domicile of choice in this country or she has not.