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NATIONALITY

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 272 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NATIONALITY  , a somewhat vague

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term, used strictly in international law (see INTERNATIONAL LAW, PRIVATE) for the status of membership in a nation or state (for the conditions of which see STATE, ALLEGIANCE, NATURALIZATION, ALIEN),
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ana in a more extended sense in
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political discussion to denote an aggregation of persons claiming to represent a racial, territorial or some other bond of unity, though not necessarily recognized as an
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independent political entity . In this latter sense the word has often been applied to such
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people as the Irish, the Armenians and the Czechs . A " nationality " in this connexion represents a
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common feeling and an organized claim rather than distinct attributes which can be comprised in a strict definition .

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i wondered if you can help? I seem to remember that the first Union Jack appeared in 1604/5 when James 1st of England aka James V1 of Scotland came to the English throne. At that time the language of the the court/ diplomacy was French it was called "union of james/ jacques" or something simular, could you clarify this? Thanks Ann
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