Definition of patrial in English:

patrial

noun ˈpeɪtrɪəl

British

A person with the right to live in the UK through the British birth of a parent or grandparent.
〈英，史〉（由于父母或祖父母在英国出生而）有英国居住权的人
the 1971 Act classified people as patrials and non-patrials
Example sentencesExamples
- They were replaced by temporary work permits for certain categories of skills and for domestic servants, and free admission for ‘patrials’ and EU citizens.
- Under section 1 of the Immigration Act 1971 he became a patrial with a right of abode in the U.K. and his wife, who lived with his four children in India, automatically became entitled to the same right.
- The 1971 Immigration Act allowed free entry to ‘patrials’, that is, persons who had at least one British grandparent, or who had been naturalized, or who had lived in Britain for five years.
- Under the Act those qualifying for right of abode under the 1968 and 1971 Immigration Acts - so-called patrials - became British Citizens.

Derivatives

patriality

noun ˈpeɪtrɪəl

British

The Immigration Act 1971 introduced the two concepts of the right of abode and patriality.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, in order to gain entry into the U.K. the wife had to have a certificate of patriality which was granted only once she was able to satisfy the authorities that she was indeed the wife of a patrial.
- Moreover, children born in the UK to non-British citizens do not acquire British citizenship unless they can satisfy the requirements of patriality.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French, or from medieval Latin patrialis, from Latin patria 'fatherland', from pater 'father'.

Rhymes

atrial

单词	patrial
释义	Definition of patrial in English: patrial noun ˈpeɪtrɪəl British A person with the right to live in the UK through the British birth of a parent or grandparent. 〈英，史〉（由于父母或祖父母在英国出生而）有英国居住权的人 the 1971 Act classified people as patrials and non-patrials Example sentencesExamples They were replaced by temporary work permits for certain categories of skills and for domestic servants, and free admission for ‘patrials’ and EU citizens. Under section 1 of the Immigration Act 1971 he became a patrial with a right of abode in the U.K. and his wife, who lived with his four children in India, automatically became entitled to the same right. The 1971 Immigration Act allowed free entry to ‘patrials’, that is, persons who had at least one British grandparent, or who had been naturalized, or who had lived in Britain for five years. Under the Act those qualifying for right of abode under the 1968 and 1971 Immigration Acts - so-called patrials - became British Citizens. Derivatives patriality noun ˈpeɪtrɪəl British The Immigration Act 1971 introduced the two concepts of the right of abode and patriality. Example sentencesExamples However, in order to gain entry into the U.K. the wife had to have a certificate of patriality which was granted only once she was able to satisfy the authorities that she was indeed the wife of a patrial. Moreover, children born in the UK to non-British citizens do not acquire British citizenship unless they can satisfy the requirements of patriality. Origin Early 17th century: from French, or from medieval Latin patrialis, from Latin patria 'fatherland', from pater 'father'. Rhymes atrial
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