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Acquisition of citizenship

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000329

The process by which an individual obtains citizenship in a country, either at birth or through subsequent legal procedures. This can occur through birth within the country's territory (jus soli), through parentage (jus sanguinis), or through naturalization. Each method has specific legal requirements under national law.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000329
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000329",
  "term": "Acquisition of citizenship",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The process by which an individual obtains citizenship in a country, either at birth or through subsequent legal procedures. This can occur through birth within the country's territory (jus soli), through parentage (jus sanguinis), or through naturalization. Each method has specific legal requirements under national law.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/acquisition-of-citizenship/"
}

Record 92 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.