Natural allegiance
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English law
That hind of allegiance which ls due from all men bom within the king's dominions, immediately upon their birth, which is intrinsic and perpetual, and cannot be divested by any act of their own.
1 Bl. Comm. 369; 2 Kent, Comm. 42.
In American law
The allegiance due from citizens of the United States to their ftlive country, and also from naturalized citizens, and which cannot be renounced without the permission of government, to be declared by law.
2 Kent, Comm. 43-49.
It differs from local allegiance, which Is temporary only, being due from an alien or stranger bom for so long a time as he continues within the sovereign's dominions and protection.
Fost. Cr. Law, 184.