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Foreigner

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

One who is not a citizen.

Cowell.

In the Old Eng Uah Law, It seems to have been used of every one not an inhabitant of a city, at least with reference to that city; 1 H. Bla. 213. See Cowell, Foreigne. In the United States, any one who was born in some other country than the United States, and who owes allegiance to some foreign state or country.

Spratt v. Spratt, 1 Pet. (U. S.) 343, 349, 7 L. Ed. 171.

An alien. See Alien; Citizen; Natxjbalization.