Citizen or Citizen Subject

The U.S. Code says quite clearly the definition of a “national”, which is a person owing allegiance to a state. Merriam Webster Defines a national as someone who may or may not have allegiance, but has the protection of a nation without the formal responsibilities of citizenship. In Title 26 the IRS defines two types of persons: U.S. citizens and “non-resident aliens”. The U.S.C defines an alien as anyone who isn’t a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National, while non-resident is defined as someone who is not considered under jurisdiction. Residency is used to describe a subject who is obliged to live on his lords land.

It is highly implied, then, that a “non-resident alien” who does not “reside” in the U.S., the legal definition not the common definition, by the definition of residence from Blacks Law Dictionary as not owing the United States (the Federal Government) tenancy could be a “national”.

It’s important to differentiate between these titles:

A U.S. Citizen or U.S. National owes permanent allegiance to the United States (Federal Government). This is a Federal Citizen, and is a person in an agreement of allegiance with the Federal Government against their state as a person subject to their fuedal courts. A national may or may not owe allegiance, but has the protections of, a specific state. In the case of our nation, its one of the individual states of the union. This is a state citizen, or “National” and is a member of the people, with authority over persons and things as a member of a body politic with political power for political purposes.

So when it comes to the type of citizen a national is, which are they? A citizen or citizen subject?

A “free inhabitant” as defined in our articles of confederation falls under this definition as the original citizenship of our nation and as a non-subject citizen. In the articles it’s implied that these citizens of the states aren’t subject to the state, as they can freely move between the states. Since they aren’t subject, it’s safe to say they are likely the free members of the states, also referred to as “the people”. The U.S.C. defines a national as having permanent allegiance to a state, so for all intents and purposes, the people hold permanent allegiance to themselves.

“People” is also a term associated with “state”. Our founding documents are also heavily focused on defining limited powers for our governments, and anything unspecified belongs to the people or to the state. This is a common structure for a “state”.

When working with the Federal Government, the term “national” seems to be the most accurate definition that they carry in their codes for what the original constitutional state citizen is, as a national is a member of a nation and the original state citizenship would constitute being a member of the nation with rights derived from God.

A U.S. Citizen is a “Person” under the 14th amendment, and is distinct from a member of the people. These are the persons maintained by congress outside of the constitution.