national character
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 28 U.S. 242 - Ann Shanks v. Abraham Dupont · 1830Most cited · 77 citing opinions
children, age
If she was not of age, then she might well be deemed under the circumstances of this case to hold the citizenship of her father; for children born in a country, continuing while under age in the family of the father, partake of his national character, as a citizen of that country.
How often courts cite the cases defining “national character”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “national character” — 133 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1830–1857
the question here is one of national character, and does not stand upon the mere doctrines of municipal law, but upon the more general principles of the law of nations.