(British, immigration) The right to reside in the United Kingdom, free from the constraints of immigration policy.
(British, immigration) The right to reside in the United Kingdom, free from the constraints of immigration policy.
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(UK) Relating to the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent.
(UK) One who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent.
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.
(UK) One who is not a patrial.
(Canada, transitive) To assume control of (a governmental power) from a former mother country.