by descent

The new law limits citizenship by descent to only one generation born outside Canada.

It is also an example of proof by infinite descent.

We also can't register a birth if the parents were born overseas and are only British by descent.

For other proofs of this by infinite descent, see and.

The lands remained in the family by direct male descent for eight generations.

Both of these registration categories give British citizenship otherwise than by descent.

Alleles are different by descent if they do not share a common ancestor.

They were Jewish by descent, but gave religion little thought.

States normally limit the right to citizenship by descent to a certain number of generations born outside the state.

They have defined the Greeks as those being in some ways similar to themselves, by descent, speech, culture, or religion.