legal residence Meaning of "legal residence"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time

Usage(s):

  1. But that decision might have to come from a court in Smith's place of legal residence.
  2. Meanwhile, it is likely that DeLay's pending move of his legal residence to Alexandria, Virginia, will not effect his trial on campaign finance irregularities.
  3. Just 48 hours after Hassanzade's triumph in the final, French government officials announced that they would grant the young fighter legal residence papers.
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