Residency

::See also: residency (medicine) or medical residency

Related Topics:
Residency (medicine) - Medical residency

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Residency is the act of establishing or maintaining a residence in a given place.

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It is important in terms of politics, as candidates must maintain residency within the district in which they intend to run. Requirements vary by jurisdiction, and sometimes by the political office for which a person runs. The cutoff may be as little as a month or as much as several years. Once elected, the office-holder must remain resident in the appropriate district, or usually be forced to resign.

Related Topics:
Politics - Candidate - District - Jurisdiction - Political office - Month - Year - Elect - Office-holder - Resign

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Voting by the general public (the electorate) is also defined by residency, with most people being prohibited from doing so except at the precinct for their primary residence. There are sometimes exceptions for this, such as so that expatriates can vote in the country where they maintain their original citizenship.

Related Topics:
Voting - Public - Electorate - Precinct - Expatriate - Citizenship

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It is also important in terms of other law, such as requirements that vehicles and other things which must be licensed in the place which the owner resides. There is a grace period normally around 30 days for persons moving into the area.

Related Topics:
Law - Vehicle - License - Owner - Grace period - Moving

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In addition to such responsibilities, certain benefits also come from residency.

Related Topics:
Responsibilities - Benefit

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Discounts on tuition usually are allowed for students who are resident within the state or province (or country) for a year or more, if it is a public university or the like. Other forms of public assistance such as welfare may also have a waiting period, to prevent abuse.

Related Topics:
Discount - Tuition - Student - Public university - Public assistance - Welfare - Waiting period - Abuse

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Residency in any given U.S. state is recognized by the U.S. Constitution as "citizenship" of that state, a somewhat unusual arrangement known as "dual citizenship" (though not in the original multi-national context).

Related Topics:
U.S. state - U.S. Constitution - Dual citizenship - Context

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