Excerpt from The Law of Domicil as a Branch of the Law of England: Stated in the Form of Rules The subject of this treatise is the Law of Domicil. The book differs from most works on domicil in its scope, in the point of view from which its subject is treated, and in form. Some prefatory explanation therefore as regards each of these points may t be out of place. Under the law of England a person's rights, and the legal effect of his acts are, in some cases, determined by reference to the law of the country where he has his home, or, in legal language, his domicil, which country is t necessarily the country where he is actually residing, or of which he is a citizen. This treatise, therefore, deals with three topics - the nature of domicil, the ascertainment of domicil (or the rules of evidence by which to determine whether a man is domiciled in one country rather than in ather), and the legal effects of domicil. Thus it includes more than would be naturally contained in a mere essay on the nature of domicil, and covers about two-thirds of the subjects included in Story's Conflict of Laws or Westlake's Private International Law. The law of domicil is often looked at as a branch of the subject called by an unfortunate mismer Private International Law. In this treatise, however, it is considered solely as a part of the law of England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.