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Law of Blood
(redirected from Ius Sanguinis)

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Law of Blood
A citizenship law stating that all or nearly all persons born to citizens of a given state are themselves citizen of that state, regardless of where they were born. For example, one with a parent who has been a U.S. citizen for one year is a citizen of the U.S., regardless of where one was born. Some countries (including the United States) also follow the law of the soil in addition to the law of blood.


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Originally, all States which provided for an acquisition of nationality iure sanguinis nearly exclusively applied ius sanguinis a patre (in the paternal line); only in exceptional circumstances ius sanguinis a matre (the maternal line) was relevant (e.
 
 
 
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