Search results for: “country of citizenship”
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Verified Vote
Verified Vote in Voting Law Definition of Verified Vote in the context of the United States election law: A vote whose validity requires supporting documentation from the proper authority of the country of citizenship.
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National
Pertaining or relating to a nation as a whole. Generally denotes the citizen or a person who belongs to a particular nation. As used in the phrase national of the United States, the term is broader than the term citizen. See Brassert v Biddle, (D.C. Conn.) 59 F.Supp. 457. As defined in the […]
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Government
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Government Meaning of Government The governing body of a community , a state , United States , territory, district , municipality , a commonwealth . See 11 U.S.C. §101(21). <div […]
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Advena
(Lat. venire). In Roman law. One of foreign birth, who has left his own country and settled elsewhere, and who has not acquired citizenship in his new locality; often called albanue. Du Cange. …
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Diversity Jurisdiction
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Diversity Jurisdiction Meaning of Diversity Jurisdiction The jurisdiction of a federal court arising from diversity of citizenship of the parties . See Diversity of citizenship . <div […]
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Diversity Jurisdiction
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Diversity Jurisdiction Meaning of Diversity Jurisdiction The jurisdiction of a federal court arising from diversity of citizenship of the parties . See Diversity of citizenship . <div […]
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Alien
Alien in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of alien.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Officer Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading alien in A Dictionary of Law […]
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Alien
Alien in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of alien.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Officer Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading alien in A Dictionary of Law […]
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Franchise
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Franchise Meaning of Franchise In commercial usage , the term denotes some right , privilege , license or monopoly granted to a person called the franchise holder to enable him to carry on some business […]
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Citizen
Refers to a member of a jural society having the right to exercise all political and civil privileges accorded to members of that society by its government and who owes a corresponding allegiance to that government. A member of a political community who in associated capacity […]
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Citizen
Refers to a member of a jural society having the right to exercise all political and civil privileges accorded to members of that society by its government and who owes a corresponding allegiance to that government. A member of a political community who in associated capacity […]
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Territories
System of organized government long existing within the United States by which certain regions of the country have been erected into civil governments. See New York ex rel. Kopel v Bingham, 211 U.S. 468, 29 S. Ct. 190, 53 L.Ed. 286. Also, an area of land acquired by the United States by […]
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Expatriate
verbabandon nationality banish cast out change national allegiance deport drive from one’s native land eject exclude exile expel leave one’s country outlaw renounce citiz…
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Where
At the place, in the case of, in the event that. Graham v Standard Fire Ins. Co., 119 S.C.218, 112. S.E. 88.
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National Origin
In equal employment opportunities provisions of Civil Rights Act, the term national origin refers to the country where a person was born or more broadly, the country from which his or her ancestor came and was not intended to embrace requirement of citizenship. See Espinoza Fara Mfg. Co., 414 […]