Chambers's Encyclopędia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 1W. & R. Chambers, 1868 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... natural - born subjects ; but the children of English women by aliens are aliens , unless born within the British dominions . By 7 and 8 Vict . c . 66 , s . 16 , alien ... acquired , held , and disposed of , by an alien , in the same manner , ...
... natural - born subjects ; but the children of English women by aliens are aliens , unless born within the British dominions . By 7 and 8 Vict . c . 66 , s . 16 , alien ... acquired , held , and disposed of , by an alien , in the same manner , ...
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