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Domicil (contd.)-non-existent during process of expatriation, 141

supersedes nationality, 3

Dominion waters, 30, 39

conflict with territorial waters, 38

headland doctrine, 39

Double nationality, 1, 132

as affecting ownership of British ships, 169

before Court of a third country, 134

declaration of alienage by children of British subject born abroad,

having, 150

declaration of alienage in cases of, 147

naturalization inapplicable, in case of, 147

relief against, cannot be granted by Colony, 259

Doubtful nationality, 189–205

arising from doubt as to birthplace, 190

Canada, in, 262

certificate does not alter doubts, 192

certificate of naturalization in case of, 105, 190

conditions as to certificate, 191

determined by Courts, 191, 200

importance of certificate, 193

naturalization inapplicable in case of, 192

Secretary of State's certificate in case of, 189

Secretary of State's power to settle doubts, 189, 190

EAST India Company Act, 1793, 96

Embayed waters: occupation presumed, 21

Empire, different systems of law in, 223

rights of British subjects not uniform in, 221

Enemies, children of, 41, 44

Expatriation, 135-159, 290

British ships owned by subject naturalized abroad, 170

British subjects, by, 136

children of expatriated parents, 137

declaration of alienage, 135

difference in age of majority in two countries, 140

disability as to, 138-140, 143

disability of infants, 140

domicil non-existent, during process of, 141

drunkards, of, 142

how far saved, 153

in foreign State, must be voluntary, 137

liability not affected by, 153, 154

lunatics, of, 142

married women, of, 139

minors cannot renounce, 140

Expatriation (contd.)-minors, naturalized abroad, 143

modified by oath of allegiance to foreign Sovereign, 157

must be in foreign State, 136

naturalized aliens in Canada, 257, 258

not by naturalization in countries where Crown has jurisdiction, 156
permission not required by British subject, 136

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France exception to effect of certificate of naturalization abroad, 122
treaties with, as to expatriation, 153

Franchise, Parliamentary and municipal, 167, 168
Fraud, cancellation of Colonial certificate for, 245
French law, application of, in Mauritius, 215-217
as to nationality, 124

Articles of the Code, 355-360

construction, 218

GASCONY, 76

Goodwin Sands, 23

Grandchildren, British subjects, of, 54

foreigners born in United Kingdom, of, 149

Great-grandchildren of foreigners born in United Kingdom, 150

Guernsey and Jersey, 76

Guienne, 76

HAGUE Convention as to territorial waters, 39

Hanoverians, nationality of, 82, 83

naturalization of, 89

Hanoverians (contd.)-right to vote, 80, 83
Hart's (De) definition of natural-born subject, 51
Heptarchy, nationality under, 77

High water, low water, and tides, 24

ILLEGITIMATE children, 64

Immemorial user, 25

Immovables, 6

Infants. See Children.

Inheritance, 49

Inland Sea of Japan, 29

Innocent passage in territorial waters, 35

Insanity. See Lunatics.

Instructions to persons applying for naturalization, 310-323

Intention to reside, effect on naturalization, III

Intra fauces, 14, 19

Involuntary naturalization of children, 66

Ireland, 77

petitions in, 203, 204

Isle of Man, 77

Islands adjacent, 21

waters between, and mainland and, 28

Italian law, coral beds, as to, 26

mare piscatorium, 34

JAMAICA, law of, 1638, 230
Japan, marriage in, 201

Jersey and Guernsey, 76
Judicial separation, 63

Jury de mediatate linguæ, 180, 290

Jus sanguinis, 41, 45, 46, 49, 74, 132

Jus soli, 41, 45, 46, 49, 74, 132

KING'S Chambers, title by occupation, 15

LANDS, rights of non-aliens to hold, 83

legislation applies to embayed waters, 20

Legitimacy, declaration of, 193-205

Legitimated children, 64

Lighthouses, 23

Limit, "3 mile," 35

Limits of Colonies, II

Limits of nation, bays and waters along coasts, 12, 15-17

Limits of realm: creeks and harbours, 13

definition of, II

Limits of realm (contd.)-low-water mark, 24

territorial waters, 35

not part of realm, 13

navigation by foreigners, in, 13

waters of the dominion, 31

Lunatics: lunacy recognised, 142

naturalization of, 142

MANCINI'S formula, 5

Manslaughter on foreign ships, 31

Mare clausum, 30

Mare piscatorium, 34

Marriage, declaration of validity of, 194, 197-200
conditions for petition, 201

petition for, by divorced women, 199

whether decree must be preceded by declaration of nationality, 198
result of decree, 199

doubts of, settled during lifetime, 201

effect on nationality, 57

Japan, in, 201

recognition of, 200

under Royal Marriage Act, 200

Married women: declaration of alienage, 148

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Nationality (contd.)-comparison between certificate of naturalization and

declaration of British nationality, 145

declaration of, 193–195

British, 144, 145

on ground of legitimacy, 196

double nationality, 144. See also Double nationality.

doubtful nationality, 189-205. See also Doubtful nationality.

exceptions, 41, 42

French Civil Code, 355-360

French law as to loss of, 124

inheritance, 49

is an Imperial question, 247, 248
is personal to children, 63
mothers, of, 58-60

not dependent on domicil, 202

renunciation of, 290

Statute, by, 47-49

whether, resembles contract, 6
Natural-born British subjects, children of, 50

departmental definition of, 52, 54

official definition of, 52, 53

subjects by Statute, 51

Naturalization, 98-135

Act in force in Colonies, 277

alien enemy, 127

before 1870, 144, 285-287

certificate assumed to have full effect, 122

certificate of, in case of doubtful nationality, 190

certificate to remove doubts, 105

certificate under Act of 1844, 99

certificate under Act of 1870, 100, 291

children, of, 65, 66, 69

persons naturalized, 106

circular of 1851

Cockburn, Sir A., as to, 127

conditions imposed, 100

consequences of, 108, 129

abroad, 130, 136

fraud, 102-104

countries where Crown has jurisdiction, 156

declaration required for, 102

drunkards, of, 142

effect of certificate, 113-119, 122, 123.
enemy's State, in, is treason, 154, 155, 158

evidence required, 101

false declaration, 102, 298

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