Also known as: places of abode · abode
Written by attorneys · grounded in primary & secondary sources — see below
A location constituting a person's dwelling or usual residence.
Pamela Phillips, a dual citizen, signed a handwritten will while on a coding retreat in Toronto. She maintained a rented apartment containing her personal effects in Berlin at the time of signing. Because Berlin constituted her place of abode, the will satisfies the choice-of-law rule even though it lacks witnesses required by State A.
Paige Porter, a convicted felon, stayed more than five days at her sister's house without registering with the local police. The sister's house was Paige's place of abode during that period, triggering the registration duty under the ordinance.
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Patrick Phan, executor of an estate, received the summons and complaint when a process server left copies with his wife at their shared residence. The residence was Patrick's place of abode, satisfying the federal rule for service on an individual.
Portia Price kept handguns at the apartment where she had lived for two years. That apartment was her place of abode, so any notice requirement tied to possession at that location was triggered.
Priya Prasad, a Chicago resident, was served with process at the single-family home she owned and occupied. The home was her place of abode, providing a constitutional basis for the state's exercise of jurisdiction.
Priscilla Parks maintained a leased farmhouse in State A while visiting family abroad. The farmhouse remained her place of abode, supporting the finding that she had not acquired a new domicile in Nevada.
Place of abode supplies an independent validating ground even when the testator's domicile lies elsewhere. The statute lists domicile, place of abode, and nationality as separate alternatives, so a temporary but fixed residence suffices.
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Yes, when the testator maintains a fixed dwelling during the assignment. The UPC permits reference to the law of the place of abode at execution, and a six-month rental that contains personal effects qualifies.
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Service is proper when the papers are left with a person of suitable age and discretion who resides there. The rule expressly authorizes this method at the defendant's dwelling or usual place of abode.
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Yes. The statute looks to the place of abode at execution or at death, so a valid connection at either time is enough even if the testator later moves.
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…a copy of the summons and of the complaint to him personally or by leaving copies thereof at his dwelling house or usual place of abode with some person of suitable age and discretion then residing therein . . . ." Respondent filed his answer on February 26, alleging, inter alia , that the action could not be maintained…