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mobilia sequuntur personam

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  • phrase law, archaic Common law doctrine holding that personal property held by a person is governed by the same law that governs that person, so that if a person who is legally domiciled in one jurisdiction dies with property in a second jurisdiction, that property is legally treated as though it were in the first jurisdiction.

Etymologies

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Latin mōbilia ("chattels") + sequuntur ("they follow") + persōnam ("person") = “chattels follow the person”.

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