, ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁stated ▁that , ▁starting ▁from ▁ 1 8 1 5 , ▁only ▁residents ▁had ▁the ▁freedom ▁to ▁occup y ▁positions ▁in ▁public ▁offices . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁significant ▁change ▁from ▁the ▁citizens hip ▁laws ▁of ▁the ▁preceding ▁centuries . ▁The ▁Dutch ▁civil ▁code ▁st ip ulated ▁that ▁residents ▁were ▁only ▁those ▁people ▁who ▁were ▁born ▁to ▁parents ▁officially ▁res iding ▁on ▁Dutch ▁territory . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁colonial ▁amb itions ▁of ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁all ▁those ▁people ▁who ▁tra ve led ▁abroad ▁in ▁official ▁service ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁were ▁considered ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁and ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁counted ▁as ▁residents . ▁The ▁new ▁Dutch ▁civil ▁law ▁was ▁the ▁building ▁block ▁for ▁the ▁implementation ▁of ▁j us ▁s angu in is . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁even ▁though ▁descent ▁remained ▁very ▁important ▁for ▁the ▁ac quisition ▁of ▁citizens hip , ▁the ▁emphas is ▁on ▁the ▁significance ▁of ▁res iden cy , ▁was ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁influence ▁of ▁j us ▁sol i . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 8 , ▁a ▁new ▁Dutch ▁civil ▁code ▁( B urger lijk ▁W et bo ek ) ▁replaced ▁the ▁Code ▁Civil ▁and ▁de alt ▁with ▁national ity ▁in ▁a ▁new , ▁Dutch ▁way ▁but ▁still ▁largely ▁influence ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁system . ▁The ▁new ▁Bur ger lijk ▁W et bo ek ▁c ement ed ▁the ▁rights ▁of ▁national ity ▁of ▁women ▁and ▁touched ▁upon ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁national ity . ▁Dutch ▁national ity ▁would ▁be ▁lost ▁by ▁natural ization