Legal Definition and Related Resources of 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 immigration and nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. §1101(a) (21), (22), the word means a citizen of the United States or a person who, though not a citizen, owes permanent allegiance to the United States.

adjective

• affecting the nation as a whole
• common
• countrywide
• domestic
• established by the federal government
• federal
• general
• government
• governmentowned
• governmental
• public
• publicly owned
• societal
• sovereign

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Translation of National

• Spanish: Ciudadano
• French: Ressortissant
• German: Staatsangehöriger
• Italian: Cittadino
• Portuguese: Cidadão
• Polish: Obywatel

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See also

• Foreign national
• Rights of aliens
• Residence permit
• Admission of aliens

• Foreign national
• Equal treatment
• Migration policy
• Discrimination on the basis of nationality
• Civil rights
• Third country
• Removal
• EU national
• European citizenship