National's Dictionary
Foreign Laws

“The laws of a foreign country or sister state.” (Black’s Law Dictionary, 6th Edition)

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United States vs. Hall

As noted by Judge Woods in this case being a citizen of a state made you a citizen of our country/nation, or a “national”. By the original constitution citizenship in the United States was a consequence of citizenship in a state. By this clause this order of things is reversed [14th amendment].

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Robert E. Lee

Response to being asked to lead the North https://leefamilyarchive.org/reference/books/southerner/03.htmlHe said in debate, “Virginia is my country, her will I obey, however lamentable the fate to which it may subject me.” During the days of the civil war, people considered their state to be their country

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