certificate of citizenship
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A certificate issued by a court of naturalization that a person has been admitted to citizenship on application made and proceedings had thereon; a certificate by the Attorney General of the United States that a person has acquired citizenship by the naturalization of his parents, or circumstances other than by application and proceedings for naturalization, and the taking of an oath of allegiance. 3 Am J2d Aliens § 156.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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