nonpatrial
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).
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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.
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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Not patrial.
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(UK) One who is not a patrial.
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