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LAW DOMICIL [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Law of Estates (common law)
  • Law of Succession (civil law)
DEF

the law of the country where a person has his domicile....

CONT

The common law rule is that ... wills of moveables are governed by the "lex domicilii" (the law of the Province or other jurisdiction where the testator was domiciled at the time of his death).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Droit successoral (common law)
  • Droit successoral (droit civil)
CONT

En droit anglais, qu'il s'agisse d'une succession testamentaire ou « ab intestat », le principe est le suivant : [...] S'il s'agit de biens mobiliers : La succession est régie par la loi du domicile du « de cujus » ou du testateur au moment du décès [...]

Spanish

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