British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914

E938869

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom British nationality law

The British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 was a key early 20th-century statute that systematically defined British subject status and the legal position of aliens across the British Empire.

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British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 canonical	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ British nationality law ⓘ
amendedBy	British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1918 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1922 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1933 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	British colonies ⓘ British dominions ⓘ British protectorates ⓘ British subjects ⓘ aliens ⓘ
basedOn	jus sanguinis ⓘ jus soli ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
defines	British subject ⓘ alien ⓘ certificate of naturalisation ⓘ loss of British nationality by marriage to an alien ⓘ loss of British nationality by naturalisation in a foreign state ⓘ natural-born British subject ⓘ naturalised British subject ⓘ
historicalContext	First World War era ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
influenced	British Nationality Act 1948 NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalForm	statute ⓘ
parliament	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to define British subject status ⓘ to provide a comprehensive code of nationality law for the British Empire ⓘ to regulate the legal status of aliens ⓘ
regulates	acquisition of British nationality by birth ⓘ acquisition of British nationality by descent ⓘ acquisition of British nationality by naturalisation ⓘ deprivation of British nationality ⓘ renunciation of British nationality ⓘ status of children in nationality law ⓘ status of married women in nationality law ⓘ
repealedBy	British Nationality Act 1948 NERFINISHED ⓘ
royalAssent	1914 ⓘ
shortTitle	British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	first systematic codification of British nationality law ⓘ foundation of later British nationality legislation ⓘ
subjectMatter	citizenship ⓘ loss of nationality ⓘ nationality ⓘ naturalisation ⓘ status of aliens ⓘ
territorialExtent	British Dominions NERFINISHED ⓘ British Protectorates NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfAct	1914 ⓘ

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British nationality law → historicalPrecursor → British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 ⓘ