A legal term introduced by Britain's Immigration Act 1971 to describe Commonwealth citizens who did not have the right of abode in the UK—contrasted with 'patrials' (those with a parent or grandparent born in Britain).
A legal term introduced by Britain's Immigration Act 1971 to describe Commonwealth citizens who did not have the right of abode in the UK—contrasted with 'patrials' (those with a parent or grandparent born in Britain). The patrial/nonpatrial distinction was widely criticised as covertly racial in its effect, limiting immigration from New Commonwealth countries.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(British, immigration) The right to reside in the United Kingdom, free from the constraints of immigration policy.
(UK) One who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent.
(UK) Relating to the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent.
(Canada, transitive) To assume control of (a governmental power) from a former mother country.
Under the 1971 Act, most Caribbean-born citizens were classified as nonpatrial and lost their automatic right to settle in Britain.
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(UK) One who is not a patrial.
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