Nationality law: Difference between revisions

'''Nationality law''' (or '''citizenship law''') is the [[law]] of a [[sovereign state]], and of each of its [[jurisdiction|jurisdictions]], that defines the rights and obligations of [[citizenship]] within the jurisdiction as well as hethe manner in which citizenship is acquired and how it may be lost. A person who is in a country in which they are not a citizen of is generally regarded by that country as a foreigner, or [[Alien (law)|alien]]. A person who has no recognised nationality or citizenship to any jurisdiction is regarded as [[Statelessness|stateless]].