3.1 Connecting Factors and Foreign Element

The foreign element (the conflict case's trigger): the fact pointing abroad (the foreign domicile, the foreign situs, the foreign occurrence) — the case's second law's claim. The connecting factor (the choice's bridge): the fact linking the issue to a legal system (the domicile, the nationality, the situs, the place-of-wrong, the place-of-celebration, the intention) — the factor's selection the conflict rule's craft (the rule: "marriage capacity governed by the law of the domicile" — the domicile the connecting factor).