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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
Born atter
This term is applied to persons who came to reside in the United States after the declaration of independence. They are gencrally considered aliens, unless they become naturalized, or are otherwise so declared by law. In Massachusetts by statutory provision, and in Connecticut, by decision, a person born abroad, when he weat there to reside before the treaty of peace of the 3d of September, 1783, is considered a citizen.
2 Pick. R. 394; 5 Day, R. 169; 2 Kent, Com. 51, 2.