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EXPATRIATION (from Late Lat. expairia...

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 80 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EXPATRIATION (from
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Late
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Lat. expairiare, to exile, and patria, native
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land)
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term used in a general sense for the banishment of a person from his own country . In international law expatriation is the renunciation or change of allegiance to one's native or adopted country . It may take place either by a voluntary act or by operation of law . Some countries, as France and England, disclaim their subjects if they become naturalized in another country, others, again, passively permit expatriation whether a new
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nationality has been acquired or not; others, as Germany, make expatriation the consequence of continued absence from' their territory .

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