jus sanguinis

1. 1.

   the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents

   Broaderlegal principle

   law

Questions about jus sanguinis

What does jus sanguinis mean?

jus sanguinis means "the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents".

Is jus sanguinis a common word?

jus sanguinis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.