mobilia sequuntur personam English

Meaning mobilia sequuntur personam meaning

What does mobilia sequuntur personam mean?

mobilia sequuntur personam phraseologicalUnit

— (legal, 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.