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The quality of being brought into conformity with nature
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naturalization
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The action of naturalizing somebody; act of granting citizenship. 2 The admission or adoption of foreign words or customs into general use. 3 The introduction and establishment of an animal or plant into a place where it is not indigenous.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Naturalization (or naturalisation ) is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country. It may be done by a statute, without any effort on the part of the individual, or it may involve ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being brought into conformity with nature [syn: naturalisation ] the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship [syn: naturalisation ] the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Naturalization \Nat`u*ral*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. naturalisation.] The act or process of naturalizing, esp. of investing an alien with the rights and privileges of a native or citizen; also, the state of being naturalized.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, from Middle French naturalisation , from naturaliser (see naturalize ).
Usage examples of naturalization.
Hmong about Christopher Columbus, Betsy Ross, and the advantages of the bicameral system in preparation for their naturalization examinations.
A State cannot denationalize a foreign subject who has not complied with federal naturalization law and constitute him a citizen of the United States, or of the State, so as to deprive the federal courts of jurisdiction over a controversy between him and a citizen of a State.
Also thousands of immigrants were flocking to the new nation of the United States and taking out naturalization papers.
Japanese defendant the burden of proving citizenship by birth after the State endeavored to prove that he belonged to a race ineligible for naturalization.
Burlingame, acting as Minister Plenipotentiary for China, recognized the right of the citizens of either country to visit or reside in the other, specially excluding in both, however, the right of naturalization.
A State cannot denationalize a foreign subject who has not complied with federal naturalization law and constitute him a citizen of the United States, or of the State, so as to deprive the federal courts of jurisdiction over a controversy between him and a citizen of a State.
On Monday evening, the Immigration and Naturalization Service paid a visit to one of the busboys, who held a counterfeit green card.
Julia Marie Lee was a special undercover agent for the International Affairs Investigations Division of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Assisting on the federal portion of the team was fifty-something Harold Peabody, a pear-shaped, clever middle manager who held a senior spot at the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Manhattan office.
To this purpose, getting a kind of a letter of naturalization, I purchased as much land that was uncured as my money would reach, and formed a plan for my plantation and settlement, and such a one as might be suitable to the stock which I proposed to myself to receive from England.
I can't flash my badge, but I'm a special undercover agent with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.