Key terms
Look up the language used across the chapters.
- Affirmation
- A formal spoken commitment made without religious wording.
- Citizenship ceremony
- The occasion on which a successful adult applicant normally makes the citizenship commitments and receives a certificate.
- Consultation
- A process in which an organisation invites people to comment on a proposal before making a decision.
- Democracy
- A system in which the public can influence who governs and hold elected representatives to account.
- Discrimination
- Treatment or a practice that disadvantages a person or group in circumstances defined by equality law.
- Indefinite leave to remain
- An immigration status, often called settlement, that allows a person to stay in the UK without a time limit on residence.
- Naturalisation
- The legal process through which an eligible applicant may acquire citizenship after applying.
- Oath of allegiance
- A formal promise of loyalty to the sovereign.