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Alien

twelve months after 1st August, 1922; and (c) Any person born on board a British ship whether in foreign territorial waters or not: Provided that the child of a British subject, whether that child was born before

Foreigner

'foreigner' according to the definition as in force in 1955 meant, a person who (i) is not natural born British subject as defined in sub-ss. (1) and (2) of s. 1 of the British Nationality and Status … Foreigner, has the same meaning as the Foreigners Act, 1946. [National Security Act, 1980 (65 of 1980)] It means

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Ship

Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1925, s. 22. Any person born on board a British ship, whether in foreign territorial waters or not, is a natural-born British subject (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 1).

British ship

those dominions but not a natural born British subject who has taken the oath of allegiance to a foreign sovereign or State or become a citizen or subject of a foreign State or been naturalized or made

alien

alien [Latin alienus not one's own, foreign] : relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government n : a foreign-born resident who has

certificate of citizenship

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.

Passport

of anyone from one place to another, or from one country to another. Passports are issued by the Foreign Office to British-born subjects or to those naturalised in the United Kingdom, British Dominions, Colonies or India, subject

naturalization

naturalization To grant citizenship to a foreign-born person under statutory authority. Source: FindLaw

Cahenslyism

to the Pope in 1891 by P P Cahensly a member of the German parliament to divide the foreign born population of the United States for ecclesiastical purposes according to European nationalities and to appoint bishops and priests

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