Domicile

WORD OF THE DAY


domicile  \ DAH-muh-syle \ noun


Definition
1a : a dwelling place
1b: place of residence
1c: home


2a : a person's fixed, permanent, and principal home for legal purposes
2b : the place where a corporation is actually or officially established


Examples
"I got married, when I was 66, to David Bale.... I thought the women's movement has struggled for 25 years to allow marriage to be an equal partnership, so I no longer had to give up my name, my domicile, my credit rating, so why not?
— Gloria Steinem, quoted in The Scottish Daily Mail, 29 Feb. 2016


"Meese estimates he moved 20 times during his 32-year military career. While he could have chosen a number of states for his residence, he elected to keep Texas—where he bought his first house—as his domicile."
— Maryalene LaPonsie, U.S. News & World Report, 11 Mar. 2016


Did You Know?
Domicile traces to Latin domus, meaning "home," and English speakers have been using it as a word for "home" since at least the 15th century.
In the eyes of the law, a domicile can also be a legal residence, the address from which one registers to vote, licenses a car, and pays income tax.
Wealthy people may have several homes in which they live at different times of the year, but only one of their homes can be their official domicile for all legal purposes.