4/20/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly (4) By rendering services to, or accepting commission in, the armed forces of a foreign country: x x x." [4] Sec. 1 thereof provides: "Sec. 1. Any person who had lost his Philippine citizenship by rendering service to, or accepting commission in, the Armed Forces of the United States, or after separation from the Armed Forces of the United States, acquired U.S. citizenship, may reacquire Philippine citizenship by taking an oath of allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines and registering the same with the Local Civil Registry in the place where he resides or last resided in the Philippines. The said oath of allegiance shall contain a renunciation of any other citizenship." [5] 1995 ed. [6] Ibid., p. 165; cited in the assailed HRET Decision, p. 13. (Italics ours.) [7] Webster's Third New International Dictionary: Unabridged, 1993 ed. [8] Webster's, Ibid., defines reacquire as "to acquire again"; and acquire as "to get as one's own." [9] Roa v. Collector of Customs, 23 Phil 315, 338 (1912), per Trent, J.; citing Boyd v. Thayer, 143 US 135. [10] Ronaldo P. Ledesma, An Outline of Philippine Immigration and Citizenship Laws, 1999 ed., p. 354. See also 14 CJS §1, 1128; 3A Am Jur 2d Aliens and Citizens, §1411. [11] See Ledesma, Ibid., p. 355. [12] Supra. [13] Assailed Decision, p. 8. [14] Ibid. [15] Ibid., p. 9. [16] Sec. 17, Art. VI. (Italics ours.) [17] Lazatin v. HRET, 168 SCRA 391, December 8, 1988; Co v. Electoral Tribunal of the House of Representatives, 199 SCRA 692, July 30, 1991; citing Angara v. Electoral Commission, 63 Phil 139 (1936). [18] Co v. HRET, Ibid., citing Robles v. HRET, 181 SCRA 780, February 5, 1990; and Morrero v. Bocar, 66 Phil 429 (1938). See also Libanan v. HRET, 283 SCRA 520, December 22, 1997. [19] Co v. HRET, Ibid. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/58613 15/25