residency requirements

residency requirements
Broad term to describe terms of residence required by states for such things as welfare benefits, admission to the bar, divorce, etc. As regards divorce and welfare prerequisites, the requirements must not be so stringent as to violate due process or equal protection.
See right to travel

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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