Residence
The legal meaning of residence is to be obligated to someone for being on the land, and with the reference to a “lord” points to its source being in feudal law. Having residency endows jurisdiction, and is not just physical location, and can be purely legal. Non-Resident Definition, Black’s Law Dictionary, 4th Edition Page 1207 […]
The Articles of Confederation
In the original founding our nation, each state is independent of each other. Any questions on whether or not a power belongs to a state is answered to belong to a state by default. Article IV describes the “Free Inhabitants” of each of the states. This is carried on by the Bill of Rights of […]
McDonel vs. State
One may be a citizen of a state, yet NOT be a citizen of the United States, the political status created by Congress. What this implies is that one may be a citizen of a state, not under thejurisdiction of the United States, and therefore an “alien” under the definition of a non-resident alien in […]
Non-Resident
This is one of those cases where the LEGAL definition of a term is starkly different than the COMMON definition of a term. In our common language, the terms non-resident/resident merely means that a person isn’t/is in a physical location or place. The legal/lawful definition is quite different however, as agreeing to residency endows jurisdiction. […]
US Code reference to “White” citizens
Further proof that the events during these times were matters of citizenship, not just race, this line exists in the United States Code to this day. Notice how this code uses the verbiage from the 14th Amendment. Notice also the reference to “white citizens”, the opposite end of the aisle. These were the state citizens […]