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  • Immigration

    Immigration

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Immigration Meaning of Immigration Coming into a country of foreigners in order to permanently reside therein. Immigration Alternative Definition The […]

  • Immigration And Naturalization Service

    Immigration And Naturalization Service…

  • Illegal Immigration Reform And Immigration Responsibility Act

    Illegal Immigration Reform And Immigration Responsibility Act…

  • Sub-Saharan Africa

    Legal Definition of Sub-Saharan Africa Meaning of Sub-Saharan Africa The region of Africa south of the Sahara desert. Related Entries of Sub-Saharan Africa in the Encyclopedia of Law Project Browse or […]

  • 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 […]

  • Commonwealth

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Commonwealth Meaning of Commonwealth A nation with a republican form of government in which the administration of public affairs is open to all, with a few, if any , exceptions and in which the welfare […]

  • Water

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Water Meaning of Water Water is generally viewed as part of the land upon which it is found. It is thus considered real property as opposed to personal property. The common law of England upon the subject […]

  • United Kingdom

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of United Kingdom Meaning of United Kingdom This comprises England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland but does not include the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. <div […]

  • Reunion

    Adoption Legal Definition of Reunion Meaning of Reunion A meeting between birthparent(s) and an adopted adult or between an adopted adult and other birth relatives. The adopted adult may have been placed as an infant and thus has no memory of the […]

  • Beer

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Beer Meaning of Beer The name given any alcoholic beverage made by fermentation of extracts of various starchy materials, usually grain. Not considered liquor in the ordinary sense but is usually included […]

  • Beer

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Beer Meaning of Beer The name given any alcoholic beverage made by fermentation of extracts of various starchy materials, usually grain. Not considered liquor in the ordinary sense but is usually included […]

  • Nationality

    Nationality

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Nationality Meaning of Nationality That quality or character which arises from the fact of a person belonging to a nation or state . Determines the political status of the individual, especially with […]

  • Citizenship

    The state of being vested with the rights and privileges of a citizen. Abrigo v State, 15 S. W. 408, 29 Tex.App. 143.

  • Citizenship

    The state of being vested with the rights and privileges of a citizen. Abrigo v State, 15 S. W. 408, 29 Tex.App. 143.

  • Deportation

    The act of carrying away, removal , transportation , exile, banishment. In modern law the forceable removal of an alien . See petition for Milanovic, (D.C.N. Y.) 162 F. Supp. 890.