Denization

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  1. 1
    The act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization. countable, uncountable

    "a vast number of charters of denization were granted to particular persons of Irish descent from the reign of Henry II. downwards, which gave them and their posterity the full birthrights of English subjects"

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"a vast number of charters of denization were granted to particular persons of Irish descent from the reign of Henry II. downwards, which gave them and their posterity the full birthrights of English subjects"

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