Domicile Act 1861
1861 Chapter 121
An Act to amend the Law in relation to the Wills and Domicile of British Subjects dying whilst resident abroad, and of Foreign Subjects dying whilst resident within Her Majesty's Dominions.
[6th August 1861]

WHEREAS by reason of the present Law of Domicile the Wills of British Subjects dying whilst resident abroad are often defeated, and their Personal Property administered in a Manner contrary to their Expectations and Belief; and it is desirable to amend such Law, but the same cannot be effectually done without the Consent and Concurrence of Foreign States :
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by Authority of the same, as follows :