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  2. Domicile (law) - Wikipedia

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    Domicile of Choice. When a person is legally allowed to change their domicile of origin, they can acquire a domicile of choice. [12] However, until an individual obtains a new domicile of choice, their domicile of origin remains. [10] Domicile of choice can be achieved by intention and residence. [13]

  3. List of U.S. state statutory codes - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete list of statutory codes from the U.S. states, territories, and the one federal district. Most states use a single official code divided into numbered titles. Pennsylvania's official codification is still in progress.

  4. Federal Information Processing Standard state code - Wikipedia

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    The FCC assigned additional numeric codes used with the EAS for territorial waters of the U.S., but these were not part of the FIPS standard. The FIPS state alpha code for each U.S. states and the District of Columbia are identical to the postal abbreviations by the United States Postal Service. From September 3, 1987, the same was true of the ...

  5. Minimum contacts - Wikipedia

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    A non-resident defendant may have minimum contacts with the forum state if they 1) have direct contact with the state; 2) have a contract with a resident of the state; [2] 3) have placed their product into the stream of commerce such that it reaches the forum state; [3] 4) seek to serve residents of the forum state; [4] 5) have satisfied the ...

  6. List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The ANSI alphabetic state code is the same as the USPS state code except for U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, which have an ANSI code "UM" but no USPS code—and U.S. Military Mail locations, which have USPS codes ("AA", "AE", "AP") but no ANSI code.

  7. United States Code - Wikipedia

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    A few volumes of the official 2012 edition of the United States Code. The United States Code (formally the Code of Laws of the United States of America) [1] is the official codification of the general and permanent federal statutes of the United States. [2] It contains 53 titles, which are organized into numbered sections. [3] [4]

  8. Habitual residence - Wikipedia

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    Under the act the basis for determining the habitual residence of each person is set out in section 8(1) of the act which states the following: 8(1) The domicile and habitual residence of each person is in the state and a subdivision thereof in which that person's principal home is situated and in which that person intends to reside.

  9. Birthright citizenship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Citizenship in the United States is a matter of federal law, governed by the United States Constitution.. Since the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 9, 1868, the citizenship of persons born in the United States has been controlled by its Citizenship Clause, which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...