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denizen

English law. An alien born, who has obtained, ex donatione legis, letters patent to make him au English subject.

2. He is intermediate between a natural born subject and an alien. He may. take lands by purchase or devise, which an alien cannot, but he is incapable of taking by inheritance. 1 Bl. Com. 374. In the United States there is no such civil condition.

Source : Bouvier 1856

Language : English

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