allegiance
101acquired allegiance — Acquired allegiance, is that binding a naturalized citizen. Local or actual allegiance, is that measure of obedience due from a subject of one government to another government, within whose territory he is temporarily resident. From this are… …
102natural allegiance — In English law, that kind of allegiance which is due from all men born within the king s dominions, immediately upon their birth, which is intrinsic and perpetual, and cannot be divested by any act of their own. In American law, the allegiance… …
103oath of allegiance — An oath, required to be taken in open court by a person seeking naturalization, that he will support the Constitution of the United States; that he entirely and absolutely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince,… …
104owe your allegiance to — owe your allegiance/loyalty/obedience/to phrase to have an obligation to be loyal to someone or something, or a duty to obey them Catholic churches owe their allegiance to the Pope. Thesaurus: to be responsible for somethingsynonym …
105Swearing allegiance — Infobox Film name = Swearing Allegiance (Love s Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder) caption = original film poster starring = Holly Marie Combs David Lipper Cassidy Rae Dee Wallace Gary Grubbs kurt Fuller Joanna Garcia director = Richard A.… …
106State, Allegiance to the — • The duty of loyalty and obedience which a person owes to the State of which he is a citizen Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …
107abandon allegiance — index defect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
108abandonment of allegiance — index desertion, infidelity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
109breach of allegiance — index treason Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
110change national allegiance — index expatriate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
