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Natural Allegiance

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Natural allegiance, that perpetual attachment which is due from all natural-born subject to their sovereign; local allegiance is temporary only, being due from an alien or stranger born for so long a time as he continues within the sovereign's dominions and protection, Fost. 184.

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