A residence is a place used as a home or dwelling. Residence may more specifically refer to:Habitual residence, a civil law term dealing with the status of refugees, and child abduction Residence in English family law, pertaining to where children should live in the case of disputes Tax residence, to determine the location of someone's home for tax purposes The Canadian term for what Americans call a dormitory Residenz, the German term for residence which normally means the city palace of a noble family Domicile (law)
