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Citizenship, citizenship is intimately connected with civic rights under municipal law. Hence, all citizens are nationals of a particular State, but all nationals may not be citizens of the State. In other words, citizens are those persons who have full political rights as distinguished from nationals, who may not enjoy full political rights and are still domiciled in that country, State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. v. Commercial Tax Officer, (1964) 4 SCR 89: AIR 1963 SC 1811 (1819).A person who, by either birth or naturalisation, is a member of a political community, owing allegiance to the community and being entitled to enjoy all its civil rights and protections; a member of a civil state, entitled to all its privileges, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.In India there is single citizenship. A person is a citizen of India, if (1) he has his domicile in the territory of India, and (a) he was born in the territory of India, or (b) either of whose parents was born in the territory o...
Nationality and citizenship
Nationality and citizenship, 'Nationality' and 'citizenship' are interchangeable terms. 'Nationality' has reference to the jural relationship which may arise for consideration under international law. On the other hand 'citizenship' has reference to the jural relationship under municipal law. In other words, nationality determines the civil rights of a person, natural or artificial, particularly with reference to international law, whereas citizenship is intimately connected with civic rights under municipal law, State Trading Corporation of India Ltd. v. Commercial Tax Officer, AIR 1963 SC 1811 (1819) [Citizenship Act, 1955, s. 2 (1) (f)]...
certificate of citizenship
certificate of citizenship A document issued by the Department of Homeland Security as proof that the person is a U.S. citizen by birth (when born abroad) or derivation (not from naturalization). The Child Citizenship Act of 2001 gives American citizenship automatically to certain foreign-born children of American citizens. These children can apply for certificates of citizenship. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
acquired citizenship
acquired citizenship Citizenship conferred at birth on children born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent(s). Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
country of citizenship
country of citizenship The country in which a person is born (and has not renounced or lost citizenship) or naturalized and to which that person owes allegiance and by which he or she is entitled to be protected. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
derivative citizenship
derivative citizenship Citizenship conveyed to children through the naturalization of parents or, under certain circumstances, to foreign Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Citizenship or nationality law
Citizenship or nationality law, in relation to a country specified in the First Schedule, means an enactment of the legislature of that country which, at the request of the Government of that country, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, have declared to be an enactment making provision for the citizenship or nationality of that country: Provided that no such notification shall be issued in relation to the Union of South Africa except with the previous approval of both Houses of Parliament. [Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), s. 2 (1) (c)]1. The statute of being a Citizen. 2. The quality of a person's conduct as a member of a community, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
diversity of citizenship
diversity of citizenship :a condition in which the parties to an action are of diverse state or national citizenship see also complete diversity diversity jurisdiction at jurisdiction, minimal diversity Article III of the Constitution in the back matter ...
citizenship
citizenship 1 : the status of being a citizen 2 : the quality of an individual's behavior as a citizen 3 : domicile used esp. in federal diversity cases see also diversity jurisdiction at jurisdiction ...
Citizen of India
Citizen of India, when once a person is admitted or held to be a citizen of India, unless there is a decision of the Central Government under s. 9(2) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 that he has acquired the citizenship of a foreign country, he should be presumed to be an Indian citizen. S. 9 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 is a complete code as regards the termination of Indian citizenship on the acquisition of the citizenship of a foreign country, Bhagwati Prasad Dixit 'Ghorewala' v. Rajeev Ghandhi (1986) 2 SCR 823: (1986) 4 SCC 78: AIR 1986 SC 1534 (1539). [Citizenship Act, 1955, s. 9(2)]...
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