Denization
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The act by which a foreigner becomes a subject, but without the rights either of a natural-born subject, or of one who has become naturalized. Bac. Abr. "Aliens" (B).
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Formal admission of an alien to the status of a subject by letters patent.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The act of making one a denizen; the conferring of the privileges of citizenship upon an alien bom. Cro. Jac. 540. See Denizen.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English law. The act of zen; Naturalization.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The act of making one a denizen; the conferring of the privileges of citizenship upon an alien born, Cro. Jac. 540. See Denizun. DENI4AE. To make a man a denizen or citizen,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850