Denizen
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A denizen is a resident with rights intermediate between those of a citizen and those of a resident alien; in particular:
- by denization, an obsolete process in English Common Law, dating from the 13th century, by which a foreigner gained some privileges of a British subject, including the right to hold English land, through letters patent
- a "free Negro" in the United States before the abolition of slavery
Denizen may also refer to:
- Denizen (video game), action computer game published by Players Software in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum
[edit] See also
- naturalization, process of acquiring citizenship
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