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A natural-born citizen is someone who is a citizen at birth due to his sole allegiance to the Nation.  The citizenship is due to nature itself.  This is in contrast with obtaining citizenship later through the process of naturalization.
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A natural-born citizen is someone who is a citizen at birth due to his sole allegiance to the Nation.  The citizenship is due to nature itself, or natural law.  This is in contrast with obtaining citizenship later through the process of naturalization.
    
==Meaning of the term==
 
==Meaning of the term==
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*''Rogers v. Bellei'' (1971) - a [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ruling that a person born outside of the [[U.S.]] to one parent who is an American citizen, and one who is not, obtains citizenship only if a residency requirement is fulfilled.
 
*''Rogers v. Bellei'' (1971) - a [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ruling that a person born outside of the [[U.S.]] to one parent who is an American citizen, and one who is not, obtains citizenship only if a residency requirement is fulfilled.
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*[[birthright citizenship]]
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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