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residence. (14c) 1. The act or fact of living in a given place for some time <a year's residence in New Jersey>. Also termed reSidency. 2. The place where one actually lives, as distinguished from a domicile <she made her residence in Oregon>.� Residence usu. just means bodily presence as an inhabitant in a given place; domicile usu. requires bodily presence plus an intention to make the place one's home. A person thus may have more than one residence at a time but only one domicile