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Foreigner

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

One who is not a citizen.

Cowell.

In the Old English 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. Bl. 213.

See, also, Cowell, "Foreigne." In the United States. Any one who was bom in some other country than the United States, and who owes allegiance to some foreign state or country.

1 Pet. (U. S.) 343, 349.

An alien. See "Alien;" "Citizen."