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We will answer the following questions:
Q. 1 What is the meaning of the concept of "residence" in Quebec civil law?
Q. 2 What is the meaning of the concept of "habitual residence"
A. in Quebec civil law?
B. under the 1980 Hague Convention on Child Abduction?
C. under the 1996 Hague Convention on the Protection of Minors?
Q. 3 Does the interpretation (in the case law) given to the concept of "habitual residence" under the Hague Conventions differ from the one given under Quebec civil law?