MLchartDataset catalogue

Dual national

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-001767

An individual who is a citizen of two countries simultaneously, holding the rights and obligations of citizenship in both nations. This status arises through birth in one country to parents who are citizens of another, or through naturalization in a second country without renouncing original citizenship. Each country's laws determine how dual nationality is acquired, retained, or lost.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-001767
FieldLaw
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-001767",
  "term": "Dual national",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An individual who is a citizen of two countries simultaneously, holding the rights and obligations of citizenship in both nations. This status arises through birth in one country to parents who are citizens of another, or through naturalization in a second country without renouncing original citizenship. Each country's laws determine how dual nationality is acquired, retained, or lost.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/dual-national/"
}

Record 1,649 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.