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expatriate

expatriate -at·ed -at·ing vt : to voluntarily withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's native country vi : to renounce allegiance to one's country and abandon one's nationality voluntarily ex·pa·tri·ate [-trē-ət] n ex·pa·tri·a·tion [ek-spā-trē-ā-shən] n ...


Expatriation

Expatriation, the forsaking one's own country, and renouncing allegiance, with the intention of becoming a permanent resident and citizen in another country. See British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act,1914 (4 & 5Geo. 5, c. 17), ss. 13-16....


Expatriate

To banish to drive or force a person from his own country to make an exile of...


Expatriation

The act of banishing or the state of banishment especially the forsaking of ones own country with a renunciation of allegiance...


Nemo apatriam in qua natus est exuere nec ligenti' debitum ejurare possit

Nemo apatriam in qua natus est exuere nec ligenti' debitum ejurare possit. Co. Litt. 129, (No man can disclaim the country in which he was born, nor abjure the bond of allegiance.) But see EXPATRIATION and ALIEN....


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