mobilia sequuntur personam

Phrase

archaic

(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.

Japanese Meaning

個人が所有する動産に関して、その個人が居住する法域の法律が適用されるという、古風なコモンローの法理。具体的には、ある管轄区域に法的に居住している人が、他の管轄区域に財産を有していて死亡した場合、その財産は居住地の法律に基づいて扱われるという考え方。