Denizen
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
Eng. law, is an alien born and who has obtained, ex donatione legis, letters-patent to make him an English subject. He is in a middle between a natural born subject and an alien. He may take lands by purchase or devise, which an alien cannot, but he is incapable of taking by inheritance.
1 Bl. Com. 374.
Inthe United States there is no such condition among the people.