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LEGAL DOMICILE [6 records]

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Record 1 2017-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Status of Persons (Private Law)
DEF

Person or company with legal domicile in a country even though their nationality may be that of another country. Residency has an effect on fiscal obligations, aspects of exchange controls, acquisition of nationality, etc.

PHR

Canadian resident, permanent resident

OBS

Definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Statut des personnes (Droit privé)
DEF

Au sens des lois fiscales canadiennes et françaises, personne qui habite au pays pendant une période minimale déterminée, égale habituellement à la moitié de l'année, ou occupe à l'étranger des fonctions pour le compte de l'État ou d'un organisme gouvernemental.

OBS

La graphie «résidant» correspond à l'adjectif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
  • Estado de las personas (Derecho privado)
DEF

Persona física o jurídica con domicilio en un país a efectos legales. El residente puede tener la nacionalidad del país o ser extranjero. La residencia tiene una gran transcendencia en lo que respecta a obligaciones fiscales, aspectos de control de cambios, adquisición de la nacionalidad, etc.

OBS

residente: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 2013-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
OBS

Original probate of a will in a jurisdiction other than that of the domicile of the testator is, of course, to be distinguished from ancillary probate. The latter term connotes a "secondary" establishment in one jurisdiction of a will that had previously been established in another jurisdiction as the testator's last will, and... is ordinarily required, if at all, only where the testator left property in a state other than that of the original probate which cannot be collected or managed, or as to which state death taxes cannot be fixed, without the appointment in such state of a legal representative.(Tomlinson, "Administration of Decedents’ Estates", 2nd ed., 1978, p. 69)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

homologation originaire ; Terme utilisé en droit international privé. L'expression anglaise peut aussi être employée dans un sens ordinaire pour désigner la «première homologation» (ou «premières lettres d'homologation») ou «homologation primitive» (ou «lettres d'homologation primitives») par rapport à d'autres qui interviennent ultérieurement.

OBS

homologation originaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

It is often necessary, where a decedent had property or property rights in a jurisdiction other than that of his domicile, and his will has been admitted or letters of administration have been issued in the domiciliary jurisdiction, to obtain the appointment of a legal representative in such other jurisdiction for the purpose of collecting and dealing with the assets located therein, or settling its death taxes.... The representative appointed in such proceeding is called an ancillary executor...(Tomlinson, Administration of Decedents’ Estates, 2nd ed., 1978, p. 33)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

exécuteur testamentaire auxiliaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Status of Persons (Private Law)
  • Private International Law (Private Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statut des personnes (Droit privé)
  • Droit international privé (Droit privé)
DEF

Lieu où, selon la loi, une personne a son domicile pour l'exercice de ses droits et obligations. Ex. Le domicile légal du mineur non émancipé est celui de ses parents.

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial and Territorial Laws and Regulations (Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements provinciaux et territoriaux canadiens

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial and Territorial Laws and Regulations (Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements provinciaux et territoriaux canadiens

Spanish

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