14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves. It also prohibits states from denying any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws and due process of law. The amendment was […]
8 US Code § 1101(a)(21)
The term “national” means a person owing permanent allegiance to a state.
Person
Legal meaning In Black's Law Dictionary, the term "person" is defined as a human being considered as capable of having rights and of being charged with duties. So we could say that a person is an entity to whom the law ascribes rights and duties. A person, in the context of law, refers to an entity […]
Equivocation
Equivocation fallacies occur when an argument’s persuasiveness depends on the confusing use of a word that has multiple meanings. When a word is used in different ways in the same argument, and no clear distinction is made, the argument can become misleading.