different between domicile vs nondomicile

English

Alternative forms

• domicil (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French domicile, borrowed from Latin domicilium.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?m?sa?l/, /?d?m?s?l/

Noun

domicile (plural domiciles)

1. (formal) A home or residence.

   The call to jury duty was sent to my legal domicile; too bad I was on vacation at the time.

2. (law) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Wharton to this entry?)

Related terms

• domiciled
• domiciliary

Translations

Verb

domicile (third-person singular simple present domiciles, present participle domiciling, simple past and past participle domiciled)

1. To have a domicile in a particular place.

   The answer depends on which state he was domiciled in at his death.

Derived terms

• dedomicile

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin domicilium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.mi.sil/

Noun

domicile m (plural domiciles)

1. domicile

Derived terms

• élire domicile
• sans domicile fixe

Further reading

• “domicile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

non- +? domicile

Adjective

nondomicile (not comparable)

1. Not of or pertaining to domicile.