Once an Englishman always an Englishman

Once an Englishman always an Englishman
A phrase which sums up the early common-law doctrine of perpetual and unchangeable allegiance to the country of one's birth. Anno: 15 ALR2d 553 §§ 2-15.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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