De natis ultra mare, also known as the Status of Children Born Abroad Act 1350,[1][2][3] was an English statute during the reign of Edward III.
Dating from 1351, during the early part of the Hundred Years' War, it addressed the issue of inheritance by foreign-born children, a topical problem.
[6] In Calvin's Case, it was also brought up, to argue against the proposed right of inheritance in England of the Scottish post-nati (those born after the Union of Crowns of 1603).
This is the only part in force today, the rest having been repealed by the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo.
These repeals are specified in English; they apply to the authorised revised printing in Statutes of the Realm by virtue of section 19 of the Interpretation Act 1978.