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Citizen

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000987

A person who is a legal member of a country, owing allegiance to its government and entitled to its protection and rights. Citizenship can be acquired by birth within the country's territory, by descent from a citizen, or through naturalization. In the United States, the Fourteenth Amendment defines national citizenship.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000987
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000987",
  "term": "Citizen",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A person who is a legal member of a country, owing allegiance to its government and entitled to its protection and rights. Citizenship can be acquired by birth within the country's territory, by descent from a citizen, or through naturalization. In the United States, the Fourteenth Amendment defines national citizenship.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/citizen/"
}

Record 811 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.