CENTER-OF-GRAVITY DOCTRINE

center-of-gravity doctrine.Conflict of laws. The rule that, in choice-of-law questions, the law of the jurisdiction with the most significant relationship to the transaction or event applies. — Also termed significant-relationship theory; grouping-of-contacts theory. [Cases: Action  17. C.J.S. Actions §§ 18–20; Conflict of Laws §§ 2–3, 12, 15, 20, 23, 27–32, 34–40, 42–48, 50–65, 96–97, 100, 102, 105–107.] [Blacks Law 8th]