jus soli

(noun)

A right by which nationality or citizenship can be recognized to any individual born in the territory of the related state.

Related Terms

  • nationalization
  • jus sanguinis

Examples of jus soli in the following topics:

  • Citizenship Rights

    • A person is generally presumed to be a citizen of a nation if one or both of their parents are also a citizen of said nation; this is often called jus sanguinis (Latin legal term), meaning "right of blood. " A jus sanguinis policy means grants citizenship based on ancestry or ethnicity, and is related to the concept of a nation state common in Europe.
    • This policy is called by jus soli (Latin legal term), meaning "right of soil. " These first two factors are usually lumped together under the term birthright citizenship .
  • Obama vs. the Lobbyists?

    • Also, the Secretary of Labor nominee, Hilda Solis, formerly served as a board member of American Rights at Work, which lobbied Congress on two bills Solis co-sponsored, and Mark Patterson, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's chief of staff, is a former lobbyist for Goldman Sachs.
  • VOWEL CHANGES

    • trēs for tre-es; cōpia for co-opia; mālō for ma(v)elō; cōgō for co-agō; amāstī for amā(v)istī; cōmō for co-emō; dēbeō for dē(h)abeō; jūnior for ju(v)enior.
  • VOWEL CHANGES

    • trēs for tre-es; cōpia for co-opia; mālō for ma(v)elō; cōgō for co-agō; amāstī for amā(v)istī; cōmō for co-emō; dēbeō for dē(h)abeō; jūnior for ju(v)enior.
  • Metagenomics

    • Two other technologies commonly applied to environmental sampling are the Illumina Genome Analyzer II and the Applied Biosystems SOLiD system.
    • These techniques for sequencing DNA generate shorter fragments than Sanger sequencing; 454 pyrosequencing typically produces ~400 bp reads, Illumina and SOLiD produce 25-75 bp reads.
  • Chinese Exclusion and Chinese Rights

    • In U.S. vs Ju Toy (1905), the U.S.
    • Ju Toy's petition was thus barred despite the fact that the district court found that he was an American citizen.
  • References

    • ., Shan-Ju, C., & Torobin, J. (1992).
  • Portfolios for Job Searches

    • Here are reasons why candidates should bring portfolios to job interviews, according to one recent article by Betty Aderman and JuWon Choi:
  • Self-Regulation and Volition

    • By Eun Ju Jung, Suhwa Lee, and Anita Zgambo (2007).
  • Thomas Hobbes

    • Hobbes objected to the attempt to derive rights from "natural law," arguing that law ("lex") and right ("jus") though often confused, signify opposites, with law referring to obligations, while rights refer to the absence of obligations.
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