Citizen

Definition - Noun
[Anglo-French citezein, alteration of Old French citeien, from cité city]
1  : a native or naturalized individual who owes allegiance to a government (as of a state or nation) and is entitled to the enjoyment of governmental protection and to the exercise of civil rights
see also Scott v. Sandford in the Important Cases section amendment xiv to the Constitution in the back matter
compare resident
Under the Fourteenth Amendment, «all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." A person born outside of the U.S. to parents who were born or naturalized in the U.S. is also a citizen of the U.S. A corporation is not considered a citizen for purposes of the privileges and immunities clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. A corporation is, however, deemed a citizen of the state in which it is incorporated or has its principal place of business for purposes of diversity jurisdiction.
2  : a resident of a town or state who is also a U.S. native or was naturalized in the U.S.



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