[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR47.2]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 47--AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 47.2  Definitions.

    The following are definitions of terms used in this part:
    Act means the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. section 1301 
et seq.).
    Resident alien means an individual citizen of a foreign country 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States as an 
immigrant in conformity with the regulations of the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice (8 CFR Chapter 1).
    U.S. citizen means one of the following:
    (1) An individual who is a citizen of the United States or one of 
its possessions.
    (2) A partnership of which each member is such an individual.
    (3) A corporation or association created or organized under the laws 
of the United States or of any State, Territory, or possession of the 
United States, of which the president and two-thirds or more of the 
board of directors and other managing officers thereof are such 
individuals and in which at least 75 percent of the voting interest is 
owned or controlled by persons who are citizens of the United States or 
of one of its possessions.

[Amdt. 47-20, 44 FR 61939, Oct. 29, 1979]