In Spanish law. The acquisition of domiciliary rights and status, nearly equivalent to naturalization, which may be accomplished by belng born in the kingdom, by conversion to the Cath-olic faith there, by taking up a permanent residence in some settlement and marrying a native woman, and by attaching oneself to the soil, purchasing or acquiring real property and possessions. Yates v. Iams, 10 Tex. 168
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
