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do·mes·tic /də-'mes-tik/ adj
1: of or relating to the household or family
a domestic servant
2: of, relating to, or originating within a country or state and esp. one's own country or state
the state has personal jurisdiction over domestic corporations compare foreign, municipal
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law.
Merriam-Webster.
1996.
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(household) adjective
belonging to the house, domiciliary, family, home, homemaking, household, housekeeping, internal, pertaining to one's household, pertaining to the family, pertaining to the home, relating to the family, relating to the home
associated concepts: domestic animals, domestic duties, domestic employment, domestic fixtures, domestic purposes, domestic relations, domestic servants, domestic service, domestic status, domestic use
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(indigenous) adjective
endemic, home, homemade, local, national, native, native grown, not foreign, not imported
associated concepts: domestic commerce, domestic corporation, domestic judgment
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internal, local, national, native (domestic), residential
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006
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(1) Having to do with the home and family relations.
(2) Occurring within a country’s or state’s borders.
n.
A household servant.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
Amy Hackney Blackwell.
2008.
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Webster's New World Law Dictionary.
Susan Ellis Wild.
2000.
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Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law.
2005.
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Pertaining to the house or home. A person employed by a household to perform various servient duties. Any household servant, such as a maid or butler. Relating to a place of birth, origin, or domicile.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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