In Spanish law. The acquisition of domiciliary rights and status,nearly equivalent to naturalization , which may be accomplished by being born in thekingdom, by conversion to the Catholic faith there, by taking up a permanent residencein some settlement and marrying a native woman, and by attaching oneself to the soil,purchasing or acquiring real property and possessions. Yates v. lams, 10 Tex. 108.
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