Domicile is intended to be permanent rather than temporary, whereas residence means living in a particular locality and requires mere physical presence. An affidavit of domicile is a sworn statement signed before a notary public establishing the legal domicile of someone who has died.-Your permanent home is or was in Maryland (the law refers to this as your domicile). You are a domiciliary resident of MD, because that is the location of your permanent home. If you rent a room it is about the same as renting an apartment or house, it is your residence for as long as the rental or lease contract is in effect. A child's domicile is the place of the child's true, fixed, and permanent home. A person only has one domicile.