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Acquired territories

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Citizenship

(a) birth, (b) registration, (c) naturalization, and (d) incorporation of territory. In U.S.A., citizenship is a dual concept; acquired by birth or by naturalization; there are federal and State citizenship each with distinct rights and obligations. In

India

Union territories which are specified in Sch. 1 of the Constitution and any other territories which may be acquired, Constitution of India, Art. 1(3)(a), (b), (c). means Bharat, a Union of States, Constitution of India, Art. 1.

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Colony

But by her own colonization, and by the conquests of the settlements of other nations, she was now acquired a more extensive dominion of colonies and dependencies than any other nation. The colonies of Great Britain exceed

Territories of India

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Annexation

state. See West Rand Gold Mining Co. v. R., 1905 (2) KB 391. Occurs when the Occupying Power acquires and makes the occupied territory as its own. Annexation gives a de jure right to administer the territory.

Acquired

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Domicile

is the common case of the place of birth, domicilium originis; the second is that which is voluntarily acquired by a party, proprio Marte; the last is consequential, as that of the wife arising from marriage, Story's

East India Company

Company. The East India Company was originally established for prosecuting the trade between England and India, which they acquired as a right to carry on exclusively. By the middle of the eighteenth century, however, the company's political … more importance than their commerce. In 1858, by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 106, the government of the territories of the company was transferred to the Crown. Consult Mill's History of British India; Jac. Law Dict. See

Citizen

who is either born within the State or born of parents who are citizens or one who has acquired the status of citizen by application of the laws of the State providing for the naturalization of persons

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