Protestant
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Abbott (1879)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
It includes all those who believe in the Christian religion and do not acknowledge the supremacy of the pope. Tappan, Appeal of, 52 Conn. 418. See Hale V. Everett, 53 N. H. 57, 16 Am. Rep. 82.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
One who accepts the Christian religion, but denies the authority of the Pope of Rome; Christians in this country and in western Europe being divided into Roman Catholic and Protestant. Neither the term Roman Catholic nor Protestant is broad enough to include any who do not, nominally at least, assent to the truth of Christianity as a distinct system of religion. A Mohammedan, a Jew, a pagan, or an infidel cannot' properly be called either a Catholic or a Protestant, not being a Christian. 'When the children of Protestant parents, or those born in a Protestant country, renounce they cannot any longer be reckoned or assumed to be of the Protestant religion; and so of all the denominations of Christians, and aU other systems of religion. See Hale v. Everett, 53 N. H. 9.