The Encyclopedia Britannica defines domicile as “a person’s dwelling place as it is defined for purposes of judicial jurisdiction and governmental burdens and benefits. Certain aspects of a person’s legal existence do not vary with the state he happens to be in at any given moment but are governed by a personal law that follows him at all times. In Anglo-American countries applying the common law, one’s personal law is that of his domicile; in civil-law countries (e.g., those of Europe and Latin America), it is often that of his nationality or place of habitual residence".