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This glossary is intended merely as an explanation of the various terms and expressions used in the paper; it has no legal authority as an interpretation of those terms or expressions.
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The following terms and expressions are used in the British Nationality Acts.
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British subject/Commonwealth citizen
These terms are synonymous. Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies and citizens of the independent Commonwealth countries all hold the additional status of British subject/Commonwealth citizen. There are also persons whose basic status is British Subject and who do not possess the citizenship of any Common- wealth country (see references below to British subjects without citizenship, British subjects by virtue of section 2 of the British Nationality Act 1948, and British subjects by virtue of section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1965).
Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies
This status is held by:
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persons who, or whose fathers, were born, naturalised, or registered under the British Nationality Acts in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, or in any of the remaining colonies, (except Southern Rhodesia, which since 1950 has had its own citizenship), or in any of the Associated States in the West Indies.
persons born in foreign countries whose fathers were citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent and whose births have been registered at a British Consulate.
A considerable number of persons who, or whose fathers, derive their citizenship from a connection with a former colony or other dependency but who did not acquire the new country's citizenship automatically at independence,
Certain persons who have been adopted in the United Kingdom by a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies.
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