| 单词 | legal resident |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslegal resident legal resident n. chiefly North American a person who is officially recognized as being resident in a particular place, as a result of meeting specific conditions. ΚΠ 1786 T. Caldecott Rep. Cases Justice of Peace 1 119 They..found him by that rule to have been a legal resident as a servant for forty days. 1899 C. E. Hamlin Life & Times Hannibal Hamlin 283 The pro-slavery mobs..stuffed more ballots into the boxes than there were legal residents in the territory. 1922 High School Jrnl. 5 38/1 Students can be recognized as candidates [for scholarships] only when legal residents of the States from which they desire to be appointed. 2011 J. M. Bessette & J. J. Pitney Amer. Govt. & Politics iv. 119 Prior to 2002, legal residents could apply for citizenship after three years in the U.S. military. < as lemmas |
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