NATIONALITY  , a somewhat vague See also:

• TERM

term, used strictly in See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law (see INTERNATIONAL LAW, PRIVATE) for the status of membership in a nation or See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state (for the conditions of which see STATE, See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

ALLEGIANCE, See also:

• NATURALIZATION

NATURALIZATION, See also:

• ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

ALIEN), See also:

• ANA

ana in a more extended sense in See also:

• POLITICAL

political discussion to denote an See also:

• AGGREGATION (from the Lat. ad, to, gregare, to collect together)

aggregation of persons claiming to represent a racial, territorial or some other See also:

• BOND
• BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)

bond of unity, though not necessarily recognized as an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent political entity . In this latter sense the word has often been applied to such See also:

• PEOPLE

people as the Irish, the Armenians and the Czechs . A " nationality " in this connexion represents a See also:

• COMMON

common feeling and an organized claim rather than distinct attributes which can be comprised in a strict See also:

• DEFINITION (Lat. definitio, from de-finire, to set limits to, describe)

definition .