Explore: Foreign Allegiances

The U.S. Pledge of Allegiance is a patriotic recited verse that promises allegiance to the flag of the United States and the republic of the United States

virtue of his own act, under any acknowledgment of allegiance, obedience or adherence to a foreign power or state" (to quote a representative provision

O'Brien, Sarah (1992). "Background Paper Number 29: Dual citizenship, foreign allegiance and s. 44(i) of the Australian Constitution" (PDF). Issues Brief.

allegiance to the United States Constitution, renunciation of allegiance to any foreign country to which the immigrant has had previous allegiances defense

independence from Constantinople in an attempt to cast off accusations of foreign allegiance. The School of Edessa relocated to the Mesopotamian city of Nisibis

on the statutory oath of Australian allegiance and its (former) inclusion of a renunciation of all other allegiances. He understood this not only as a declaration

had included, or required previously making, a renunciation of all foreign allegiances. Additionally, Deane J thought that s 44(i) requires a "mental element"

Australian Constitution, which prohibits parliamentarians from having allegiance to a foreign power, especially citizenship. On that basis, the High Court had

declared itself independent, in order to ward off allegations of any foreign allegiance. By the end of the 5th century, the Persian Church increasingly aligned

man born to "parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty" so he would be "not owing a foreign allegiance". I find no fault with the introductory