Lesson 33: What Does It Mean to Be a Citizen?
jus sanguinis A right by which nationality or citizenship can be recognized to any individual born to a parent who is a national or citizen of that state.
jus soli The right by which nationality or citizenship can be recognized to any individual born in the territory of the related state.
alien A foreign–born resident.
citizen A person who is a legal member of a nation, country, or other organized, self–governing political community, such as any of the fifty U.S. states.
denaturalization In the United States, a legal process by which native–born citizens may voluntarily divest themselves of citizenship or by which naturalized citizens found to have made fraudulent claims in applying for citizenship may be deprived of citizenship.
dual national citizenship The status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more nations.
enlightened self-interest A philosophy in ethics that states that persons who act to further the interests of others ultimately serve their own self–interest.
naturalization The legal process by which a foreign citizen becomes a citizen of the United States, concluding with an oath of allegiance.
resident alien A noncitizen legally residing in a country other than his or her birth country.
