enrollment, n. The act of recording or registering. — Also spelled (archaically) inrollment. enrollment of vessels. Maritime law. The recording and certification of vessels used in coastal or inland navigation, as distinguished from the “registration” of vessels used in foreign commerce. • Enrollment and registry are used to distinguish certificates granted to two classes of […]
The law that governs a person’s family matters, usu. regardless of where the person goes. • In common-law systems, personal law refers to the law of the person’s domicile. In civil-law systems, it refers to the law of the individual’s nationality (and so is sometimes called lex patriae). Cf. TERRITORIAL LAW.
The law that applies to all persons within a given territory regardless of their citizenship or nationality. Cf. PERSONAL LAW.
segregation, n. 1. The act or process of separating. punitive segregation. The act of removing a prisoner from the prison population for placement in separate or solitary confinement, usu. for disciplinary reasons. — Also termed punitive isolation. [Cases: Prisons 13(5). C.J.S. Prisons and Rights of Prisoners §§ 21, 25–27.] 2. The unconstitutional policy of separating
registry. 1. See probate judge under JUDGE. 2. Maritime law. The list or record of ships subject to a particular country’s maritime regulations. • A ship is listed under the nationality of the flag it flies. See CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY . Cf. REGISTER OF SHIPS; enrollment of vessels under ENROLLMENT. [Cases: Shipping 5. C.J.S. Shipping
right of approach. Int’l law. The right of a warship on the high seas to draw near another vessel to determine its nationality. [Cases: War and National Emergency 20. C.J.S. War and National Defense §§ 26, 28.]
Maritime law. The recording and certification of vessels used in coastal or inland navigation, as distinguished from the “registration” of vessels used in foreign commerce. • Enrollment and registry are used to distinguish certificates granted to two classes of vessels. Enrollment evidences the national character of a vessel engaged in coasting trade or home traffic;
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passport. 1. A formal document certifying a person’s identity and citizenship so that the person may travel to and from a foreign country. [Cases: Citizens 10. 2. C.J.S. Citizens §§ 24–27.] 2. SEA LETTER. 3. SAFE CONDUCT . “A passport is the universally accepted evidence of a person’s identity and nationality. It does not give
personal law. The law that governs a person’s family matters, usu. regardless of where the person goes. • In common-law systems, personal law refers to the law of the person’s domicile. In civil-law systems, it refers to the law of the individual’s nationality (and so is sometimes called lex patriae). Cf. TERRITORIAL LAW. “The idea
denationalization. 1. Int’l law. The unilateral act of a country in depriving a person of nationality, whether by administrative decision or by operation of law. • Strictly, the term does not cover a person’s renunciation of citizenship. 2. The act of returning government ownership and control of an industry or function to private ownership and