That quality or charac-ter which arises from the fact of a person’s belonging to a nation or state. Nationality determines the political status ot the indi-vldual, especially with reference to alle-giance; while domicile determlnes his civil status. Nationality arises either by birth or by naturalization. According to Savigny, “nationality" is also used as opposed to “ter-ritoriality," for the purpose of distinguish-ing the case of a nation having no national territory; e. g., the Jews. 8 Sav. Syst $ 346; westl. Priv, Int. Law, 5
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
