patrialityn.
/ˌpeɪtrɪˈalᵻti/, /ˌpatrɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpeɪtriˈælədi/ British.
Eligibility for or right to patrial status in the United Kingdom, esp. under the 1971 Immigration Act (cf. patrial adj. 1b; patrial status.
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1971 Immigration Act c. 77 i. iii. §9 A person..claiming to be patrial..shall prove it by means of such certificate of patriality as may be specified in the immigration rules.
1983 Daily Tel. 27 Aug. 15/7 The Home Office has denied them British citizenship on the grounds that they cannot establish patriality under the 1971 Immigration Act, since their British mother and British grandparents were born overseas.
1994 M. Supperstone & D. O'Dempsey Immigration: Law & Pract. 11 The cases on patriality show a tendency to deny patriality to potential [passport] holders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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