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Allegiance, Oath of

like oath must be taken by an alien on obtaining a certificate of naturalization; see British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914.

Annulment

A judicial or ecclesiastical declaration that a marriage is void. Unlike a divorce, an annulment establishes that marital status never existed in law, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 89.

Bastard

privileges of a child attach, however conspicuous and notorious may be the origin of the person, until his status has been legally destroyed. See ACCESS; Mew's Digest, tit. 'Bastard.' Provision is made by the (English) Age of

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Citizen

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 born in

Clarendon, constitutions of, assize of

together because of certain likenesses or common traits and who are identifiable by some common attributes such as status, rank, occupation, residence in a locality, race, religion and the like. In determining whether a particular s. forms

Half-tongue

now tribal in the same manner as if he were a natural-born British subject. [see British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, s. 18] In England, a jury empanelled to try an alien, and composed chief

Property

or personal; everything that has an exchangeable value or which goes to make up wealth or estate or status, property, therefore, within the constitutional protection, denotes group of rights infering citizen's relation to physical thing, as right

Hindu undivided family

the joint family continues. One thing significant which follows from the above is that the assessment in the status of a Hindu undivided family can be made only when there are two or more members of the

Settlement

members of settlor's family in a way that differs from what the beneficiaries would receive as heirs under statutes of descent and distribution-, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1377. (In the Poor Law), the fixture of

Property belonging to the society

belonging to the society, the expression 'property belonging to the society' does not give the society a corporate status in the matter of hold-ing and acquiring property; it merely describes the property which vests in the trustees

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