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Naturalized citizen
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Naturalized citizenOne who, being born an alien, has lawfully become a citizen of the United States Under the constitution and laws.
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Alien
Any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
Citizen
In the Roman government, seems to have designated a person who had the freedom of the city, and the right to exercise all political and civil privileges of the government. One who owes to government allegiance, service, and money by way of taxation, and to whom the government, in turn, grants and guarantees liberty of person and of conscience, the right of acquiring and possessing property, of marriage and the social relations, of suit and of defense, and security in person, estate, and reputation.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Constitution
1) Contracts. The constitution of a contract, is the making of the contract as, the written constitution of a debt. 2) Government. The fundamental law of the state, containing the principles upon which the government is founded, and regulating the divisions of the sovereign powers, directing to what persons each of these powers is to be confided, and the, manner it is to be exercised as, the Constitution of the United States.
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Natural affection
The affection which a husband, a father, a brother, or other near relative, naturally feels towards those who are so nearly allied to him, sometimes supplies the place of a valuable consideration in contracts; and natural affection is a good consideration in a deed For example, if a father should covenant without any other consideration to stand seised to the use of his child, the naming him to be of kin implies the consideration of natural affection, whereupon such use will arise.
Natural children
In the phraseology of the English or American law, natural children are children born out of wedlock, or bastards, and are distinguished from legitimate children; but in the language of the civil law, natural are distinguished from adoptive children, that is, they are the children of the parents spoken of, by natural procreation.
Natural day
That space of time included between the rising and the setting of the sun.
Natural death
Death by visitation of the Creator; death from the unassisted operation of natural causes.
Natural equity
That which is founded in natural justice, in honesty and right, and which arises ex aequo et bono. It corresponds precisely with the definition of justice or natural law, which is a constant and perpetual. will to give to every man what is his. This kind of equity embraces so wide a range, that human tribunals have never attempted to enforce it. Every code of laws has left many matters of natural justice or equity wholly unprovided for, from the difficulty of framing general rules to meet them, from the almost impossibility of enforcing them, and from the doubtful nature of the policy of attempting to give a legal sanction to duties of imperfect obligation, such as charity, gratitude, or kindness.
Natural fool
An idiot; one born without the reasoning powers, or a capacity to acquire them.
Natural fruits
The natural production of trees, bushes, and other plants, for the use of men and animals, and for the reproduction of such trees, bushes or plants.
Natural justice
A word used to refer to situations where audi alteram partem (the right to be heard) and nemo judex in parte sua (no person may judge their own case) apply. The principles of natural justice were derived from the Romans who believed that some legal principles were "natural" or self-evident and did not require a statutory basis. These two basic legal safeguards govern all decisions by judges or government officials when they take quasi-judicial or judicial decisions.
Natural law, or law of nature
The rule of human action prescribed by the Creator, and discoverable by the light of reason.
Natural liberty
Consists in the power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restrain or control, unless by the laws of nature. "Moral liberty" or "natural liberty" is the right which nature gives to all mankind of disposing of their persons or property after the manner they judge most consonant to their happiness, on condition of their acting within the limits of the law of nature, and that they do not in any way abuse it to the prejudice of any other man.
Natural obligation
Civil law. One which in honor and conscience binds the person who has contracted it, but which cannot be enforeed in a court of justice.
Natural presumptions
Evidence. Presumptions of fact; those which depend upon their own form and efficacy in generating belief or conviction in the mind, as derived from those connexions which are pointed out by experience; they are independent of any artificial connexions, and differ from mere presumptions of law in this essential respect, that the latter depend on and are a branch of th& particular system of jurisprudence to which they belong; but mere natural presumptions are derived wholly by means of the common experience of mankind, without the aid or control of any particular rule of law, but simply from the course of nature and the habits of society. These presumptions fall within the exclusive province of the jury, who are to pass upon the facts.
Natural sevitudes
Civil law. Those servitudes which arise in consequence of the nature of the soil.
Naturalization
The act by which an alien is made a citizen of the United States of America.
Naturalization application
The form used by a lawful permanent resident to apply for U.S. citizenship. The application is filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the Service Center with jurisdiction over the applicant’s place of residence.
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Natural obligation
Civil law. One which in honor and conscience binds the person who has contracted it, but which cannot be enforeed in a court of justice.
Natural presumptions
Evidence. Presumptions of fact; those which depend upon their own form and efficacy in generating belief or conviction in the mind, as derived from those connexions which are pointed out by experience; they are independent of any artificial connexions, and differ from mere presumptions of law in this essential respect, that the latter depend on and are a branch of th& particular system of jurisprudence to which they belong; but mere natural presumptions are derived wholly by means of the common experience of mankind, without the aid or control of any particular rule of law, but simply from the course of nature and the habits of society. These presumptions fall within the exclusive province of the jury, who are to pass upon the facts.
Natural sevitudes
Civil law. Those servitudes which arise in consequence of the nature of the soil.
Naturalization
The act by which an alien is made a citizen of the United States of America.
Naturalization application
The form used by a lawful permanent resident to apply for U.S. citizenship. The application is filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the Service Center with jurisdiction over the applicant’s place of residence.
Naturalized citizen
Naufrage
French maritime law. When, by the violent agitation of the waves, the impetuosity of the winds, the storm, or the lightning, a vessel is swallowed up, or so shattered that there remain only the pieces, the accident is called naufrage.
Nautae
Strictly speaking, only carriers by water are comprehended under this word. But the rules which regulate such carriers have been applied to carriers by land.
Nautical assessors
Court-appointed experts (usually on matters of navigation and seamanship) who sit with the judge on the bench during the trial of maritime disputes and give their opinions to the judge, at his request, on matters relating to their field of expertise. Traditionally, nautical assessors have not been subject to examination or cross-examination by the parties to the suit, nor has the judge been required to disclose to the parties the information or opinions provided to him by them. In Canada, however, these traditional rules have been departed from on grounds of respect for natural justice, and expert witnesses may now also be called by the parties, even if they testify on matters within the expertise of the nautical assessors.
Nautical mile
The maritime measurement for distance, being 6080 feet, as opposed to 5280 feet, being a land mile. Also known as a knot (supra).
Navicularis
Civil law. He who had the management and care of a ship. The same as our sea captain.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Alien
Any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
Citizen
In the Roman government, seems to have designated a person who had the freedom of the city, and the right to exercise all political and civil privileges of the government. One who owes to government allegiance, service, and money by way of taxation, and to whom the government, in turn, grants and guarantees liberty of person and of conscience, the right of acquiring and possessing property, of marriage and the social relations, of suit and of defense, and security in person, estate, and reputation.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Constitution
1) Contracts. The constitution of a contract, is the making of the contract as, the written constitution of a debt. 2) Government. The fundamental law of the state, containing the principles upon which the government is founded, and regulating the divisions of the sovereign powers, directing to what persons each of these powers is to be confided, and the, manner it is to be exercised as, the Constitution of the United States.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Natural affection
The affection which a husband, a father, a brother, or other near relative, naturally feels towards those who are so nearly allied to him, sometimes supplies the place of a valuable consideration in contracts; and natural affection is a good consideration in a deed For example, if a father should covenant without any other consideration to stand seised to the use of his child, the naming him to be of kin implies the consideration of natural affection, whereupon such use will arise.
Natural children
In the phraseology of the English or American law, natural children are children born out of wedlock, or bastards, and are distinguished from legitimate children; but in the language of the civil law, natural are distinguished from adoptive children, that is, they are the children of the parents spoken of, by natural procreation.
Natural day
That space of time included between the rising and the setting of the sun.
Natural death
Death by visitation of the Creator; death from the unassisted operation of natural causes.
Natural equity
That which is founded in natural justice, in honesty and right, and which arises ex aequo et bono. It corresponds precisely with the definition of justice or natural law, which is a constant and perpetual. will to give to every man what is his. This kind of equity embraces so wide a range, that human tribunals have never attempted to enforce it. Every code of laws has left many matters of natural justice or equity wholly unprovided for, from the difficulty of framing general rules to meet them, from the almost impossibility of enforcing them, and from the doubtful nature of the policy of attempting to give a legal sanction to duties of imperfect obligation, such as charity, gratitude, or kindness.
Natural fool
An idiot; one born without the reasoning powers, or a capacity to acquire them.
Natural fruits
The natural production of trees, bushes, and other plants, for the use of men and animals, and for the reproduction of such trees, bushes or plants.
Natural justice
A word used to refer to situations where audi alteram partem (the right to be heard) and nemo judex in parte sua (no person may judge their own case) apply. The principles of natural justice were derived from the Romans who believed that some legal principles were "natural" or self-evident and did not require a statutory basis. These two basic legal safeguards govern all decisions by judges or government officials when they take quasi-judicial or judicial decisions.
Natural law, or law of nature
The rule of human action prescribed by the Creator, and discoverable by the light of reason.
Natural liberty
Consists in the power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restrain or control, unless by the laws of nature. "Moral liberty" or "natural liberty" is the right which nature gives to all mankind of disposing of their persons or property after the manner they judge most consonant to their happiness, on condition of their acting within the limits of the law of nature, and that they do not in any way abuse it to the prejudice of any other man.
Natural obligation
Civil law. One which in honor and conscience binds the person who has contracted it, but which cannot be enforeed in a court of justice.
Natural presumptions
Evidence. Presumptions of fact; those which depend upon their own form and efficacy in generating belief or conviction in the mind, as derived from those connexions which are pointed out by experience; they are independent of any artificial connexions, and differ from mere presumptions of law in this essential respect, that the latter depend on and are a branch of th& particular system of jurisprudence to which they belong; but mere natural presumptions are derived wholly by means of the common experience of mankind, without the aid or control of any particular rule of law, but simply from the course of nature and the habits of society. These presumptions fall within the exclusive province of the jury, who are to pass upon the facts.
Natural sevitudes
Civil law. Those servitudes which arise in consequence of the nature of the soil.
Naturalization
The act by which an alien is made a citizen of the United States of America.
Naturalization application
The form used by a lawful permanent resident to apply for U.S. citizenship. The application is filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the Service Center with jurisdiction over the applicant’s place of residence.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Natural obligation
Civil law. One which in honor and conscience binds the person who has contracted it, but which cannot be enforeed in a court of justice.
Natural presumptions
Evidence. Presumptions of fact; those which depend upon their own form and efficacy in generating belief or conviction in the mind, as derived from those connexions which are pointed out by experience; they are independent of any artificial connexions, and differ from mere presumptions of law in this essential respect, that the latter depend on and are a branch of th& particular system of jurisprudence to which they belong; but mere natural presumptions are derived wholly by means of the common experience of mankind, without the aid or control of any particular rule of law, but simply from the course of nature and the habits of society. These presumptions fall within the exclusive province of the jury, who are to pass upon the facts.
Natural sevitudes
Civil law. Those servitudes which arise in consequence of the nature of the soil.
Naturalization
The act by which an alien is made a citizen of the United States of America.
Naturalization application
The form used by a lawful permanent resident to apply for U.S. citizenship. The application is filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the Service Center with jurisdiction over the applicant’s place of residence.
Naturalized citizen
Naufrage
French maritime law. When, by the violent agitation of the waves, the impetuosity of the winds, the storm, or the lightning, a vessel is swallowed up, or so shattered that there remain only the pieces, the accident is called naufrage.
Nautae
Strictly speaking, only carriers by water are comprehended under this word. But the rules which regulate such carriers have been applied to carriers by land.
Nautical assessors
Court-appointed experts (usually on matters of navigation and seamanship) who sit with the judge on the bench during the trial of maritime disputes and give their opinions to the judge, at his request, on matters relating to their field of expertise. Traditionally, nautical assessors have not been subject to examination or cross-examination by the parties to the suit, nor has the judge been required to disclose to the parties the information or opinions provided to him by them. In Canada, however, these traditional rules have been departed from on grounds of respect for natural justice, and expert witnesses may now also be called by the parties, even if they testify on matters within the expertise of the nautical assessors.
Nautical mile
The maritime measurement for distance, being 6080 feet, as opposed to 5280 feet, being a land mile. Also known as a knot (supra).
Navicularis
Civil law. He who had the management and care of a ship. The same as our sea captain.
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