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Foreigner
Foreigner, has the same meaning as the Foreigners Act, 1946. [National Security Act, 1980 (65 of 1980)]It means a person who is not a citizen of India. [Foreigners Act, 1946 (31 of 1946), s. 2; See also National Security Act, 1980 (65 of 1980), s. 2 (c)]The word '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 of Aliens Act, 1914, or (ii) has not been granted a certificate of naturalization as a British subject under any law, for the time being in force in India, or (iii) is not a citizen of India. The Citizenship Act, 1955 having been published in the Gazette of India on December 30, 1955, was also not in force at the time when the respondent entered India, State of U.P. v. Rahmatullah, AIR 1971 SC 1382: (1972) 2 SCC 113: (1971) Supp SCR 494.A person born at Allahabad at a time when it was within his Britannic Majesty's Dominion is a na...
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 not been naturalized and is still a subject or citizen of a foreign country [illegal s] [an admitted to the United States for permanent residence "U.S. Code"] vt : alienate ...
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. ...
naturalization
naturalization To grant citizenship to a foreign-born person under statutory authority. Source: FindLaw ...
Cahenslyism
A plan proposed 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 of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church...
Foreign judgment
Foreign judgment, it is a well established pro-position in Private International law that unless a foreign Court has jurisdiction in the international sense, a judgment delivered by that Court would not be recognised or enforceable in India, Sankaran Govindan v. Lakshmi Bharathi, AIR 1974 SC 1764: (1975) 3 SCC 351: (1975) 1 SCR 57.Means the judgment of a foreign Court. [Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), s. 2 (6)]--A foreign judgment, i.e., a judgment of a foreign court, stands on a very different footing from a judgment of a court of this country. It cannot be enforced here by execution like an English judgment; it can only be enforced by bringing an action on it as if it were a contract, which of course it is not, though it is convenient to treat it as such. It is not strictly in this country res judicata, and therefore does not create an absolute estoppel. Nevertheless it is practically conclusive between the parties on the merits. Every presumption will be made in favour of...
Foreign contribution
Foreign contribution, means the donation, delivery or transfer made by any foreign source--(i) of any article, not being an article given to a person as a gift for his personal use, if the market value, in India, of such article, on the date of such gift, does not exceed one thousand rupees.(ii) of any currency, whether Indian or foreign;(iii) of any foreign security as defined in clause (i) of s. 2 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973. [Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 (49 of 1976), s. 2(1)(c)]...
Foreign exchange derivative contract
Foreign exchange derivative contract, means a financial transaction or an arrangement in what-ever form and by whatever name called, whose value in derived from price movement in one or more underlying assets, and includes:-(a) a transaction which involves at least one foreign currency other than currency of Nepal or Bhutan, or(b) a transaction which involves at least one interest rate applicable to a foreign currency not being a currency of Nepal or Bhutan, or(c) a forward contract, but does not include foreign exchange transaction for Cash or Tom or Spot deliveries. [Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Exchange Derivative Contracts) Regulations, 2000, Reg. 2 (v)]...
Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
Foreign Currency Convertible Bond, (FCCB) means a bond issued by an Indian company expressed in foreign currency, and the principal and interest in respect of which is payable in foreign currency. [Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Any Foreign Security) Regulations, 2000, Reg. 2(g)]...
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