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Moorish - American (adj)

Moorish-American is a hybrid word. It is a made-up compound that represents to nationality as one which is illegal and ill-founded.

  1. Nationality: Moorish, Moor (Historical Peoples), Black-a-Moor, Moorish Subject (Historical Peoples), Moroccan (Historical Peoples), and Morocaine (Historical Peoples)
  2. American: Chiefly British Peoples, Moorish Subjects (since 1786) 

Right of Protection in Morocco

Art. 15[9]

Any subject of Morocco who has been naturalized in a foreign country, and who shall return to Morocco, shall after having remained for a length of time equal to that which shall have been regularly necessary for him to obtain such naturalization, choose between entire submission to the laws of the Empire and the obligation to quit Morocco, unless it shall be proved that his naturalization in a foreign country was obtained with the consent of the Government of Morocco.

Foreign naturalization heretofore acquired by subjects of Morocco according to the rules established by the laws of each country, shall be continued to them as regards all its effects, without any restriction.

» The L.A.W. of the Empire of Morocco