— Leading case on definition of ordinary residence. Lord Scarman said: "Unless, therefore, it can be shown that the statutory framework or the legal context in which the words are used requires a different meaning, I unhesitatingly subscribe to the view that 'ordinarily resident' refers to a man's abode in a particular place or country which he has adopted voluntarily and for settled purposes as part of the regular order of his life for the time being, whether of short or long duration." He also commented on the mental elements that "[t]he residence must be voluntarily adopted" and that "there must be a degree of settled purpose".
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