Word: domicile
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...opinion" read the decision, that his going to a public institution and residing there solely for the purpose of education would not of itself, give him a right to vote there, because it would not necessarily change his domicil...
...Domicil of a Married Woman...
...vote. Any citizen who wishes to cast his ballot must register (registration for this year closed a week ago Saturday), and must have paid some state or county tax, assessed upon him in any part of the commonwealth within two years of election day. He must also possess a domicil in the city or town where he wishes to vote. Whether students posses such a domicil in Cambridge or not is a question which has been little understood, though the law seems perfectly plain on this subject. On the 15th of March, 1843, the House of Representatives submitted...
...question, therefore, whether one residing at a place where there is a public literary institution, for the purposes of education, and who is in other respects qualified by the constitution to vote, has a right to vote there, will depend on the question whether he has a domicil there. The question, what place is any person's domicil, or place of abode, is a question of fact. Certain maxims on this subject we consider to be well settled. These are that every person has a domicil somewhere, and no person can have more than one domicil at the same time...
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