| 释义 |
non-ˈpatrial, n. and a.
[non- 2, 4 + patrial a. (n.) 3.]
A. n. One who is not a patrial.
B. adj. Applied to a person who is not a patrial.
The 1971 Immigration Act does not use the term ‘non-patrial’.
1971Telegraph (Brisbane) 25 Jan. 5/3 Under the Government's new Immigration Act, everyone who regards himself as a UK citizen is to be defined as a ‘patrial’ or ‘non-patrial’. 1971Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 1/5 The Police Federation asked the Government four months ago to drop the proposal in the Bill for ‘non-patrial’ Commonwealth citizens to register with and report to the police, as aliens do. 1972Guardian 25 Nov. 10/2 A non-patrial Commonwealth citizen who wants to work here. 1973C. Mullard Black Britain ii. v. 63 Others—‘non-patrials’—do not have an automatic ‘right of abode’. |