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CHOICE OF LAW AND CHOICE OF FORUM

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  1. MERE PLACE OF BIRTH OR DEATH DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE DOMICILE
  2. EVERY CONTRACT MUST DEPEND FOR ITS VALIDITY ON THE LAW OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH IT WAS MADE
  3. IN ACTIONS ON TORTS OCCURRING ABROAD, THE COURTS OF THIS STATE DETERMINE THE SUBSTANTIVE MATTERS INHERENT IN THE CAUSE OF ACTION THE BY ADOPTING AS THEIR OWN THE LAW OF THE PLACE WHERE TORTUOUS ACTS OCCURRED UNLESS IT IS CONTRARY TO THE PUBLIC POLICY OF THIS STATE
  4. SUBSTANTIVE LAW APPLICABLE TO AN ALLEGED TORT IS THE LAW OF THE PLACE WHERE THE ALLEGED TORT OCCURRED (Lexi Loci Delict Commissi)
  5. A PERSON CAN HAVE TWO RESIDENCE BUT HE MUST HAVE THE CHIEF RESIDENCE
  6. A WOMAN EVEN IF INFANT AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRES ON MARRIAGES DOMICILE OF HUSBAND; SO LONG AS MARRIAGE IS SUBSISTING, WIFE CANNOT HAVE DIFFERENT DOMICILE THAN THAT OF HER HUSBAND
  7. SEPARATION EVEN BY THE COURT DOES NOT ANNUL MARRIAGE AND THEREFORE, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE DOMICILE OF DEPENDENCE BY THE WIFE
  8. NO MAN WHO HAS NO DOMICILE
  9. THE DOMICILE OF ORIGIN ADHERES UNTIL A NEW DOMICILE ACQUIRED