Quote Originally Posted by ghettopalmetto View Post
Why Maryland? Why not Michigan? Why not Florida? Why not Kansas?

Think about what you're writing. How can you be a resident of Washington, DC and have residency in another state at the same time?
DC was carved out of Maryland rather than Michigan, Florida, or Kansas.

Senator Stabenow, by way of example, has a residence in Michigan. Judge Sotomayer has a Greenwich Village pad into which she has sunk the bulk of her wealth. Both will also reside in Washington DC while carrying out their duties. Without having any count, I suspect that many Washington DC residents reside there temporarily attending to government or lobbying activities.

I know you don't like semantic definitions but "legal residence", "domicile", and "home of record" are related legal terms. This is a good article on these terms although it needs to be updated for the citizens of this world who have business with intergalactic beings.

http://definitions.uslegal.com/r/residence/