naturalization proceedings
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From 278 U.S. 17 - Maney v. United States · 1928Most cited · 166 citing opinions
they are not for the usual purpose of vindicating an existing right but for the purpose of getting granted to an alien rights that do not yet exist. Hence not only the conditions attached to the grant, but those attached to the power of the instrument used by the United States to make the grant must be complied with strictly, as in other instances of Government gifts.