national
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 342 U.S. 308 - Guessefeldt v. McGrath · 1952Most cited · 274 citing opinions
including 'a subject, citizen or resident of a foreign country' in Executive Order No. 8389, 2 a regulation 'approved, ratified, and confirmed' by Congress in 1941.
United States Code
8 U.S.C. § 1101 — as used in this chapter
The term “national” means a person owing permanent allegiance to a state.
21 U.S.C. § 2302 — in this chapter (2 versions over time)
The terms “alien”, “national”, and “national of the United States” have the meanings given those terms in section 1101 of title 8.
42 U.S.C. § 18912 — in this section (2 versions over time)
The term “national” has the meaning given the term in section 1101 of title 8.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A word commonly used in diplomatic language and in treaties to indicate a citizen or subject of a given country.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Pertaining or relating to a nation as a whole; commonly applied in American law to institutions, laws or affairs of the United States or its government, as opposed to those of the several states.
— National bank. A bank incorporated and doing business under the laws of the United States, as distinguished from a state bank, which derives its powers from the authority of a particular state.
— National currency. Notes issued by national banks, and by the United States government.
— National debt. The money owing by government to some of the public, the interest of which is paid out of the taxes raised by the whole of the public.
— National domain. See Domain. National domicile. See Domicile.
— National government. The government of a whole nation, as distinguished from that of a local or territorial division of the nation, and also as distinguished from that of a league or confederation. "A national government is a government of the people of a single state or nation, united as a community by what is termed the 'social compact,' and possessing complete and perfect supremacy over persons and things, so far as they can be made the lawful obj'ects of civil government. A federal government is distinguished from a national government, by its being the government of a community of independent and sovereign states, united by compact." Piqua Branch Bank v. Knoup, 6 Ohio St. 393.