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Wrong again. He did define it.

From my own research paper:

"“The Law of Nations” by Emerich Vattel. The Law of Nations codifies a phrase that was common knowledge, and accepted law in establishing the citizenship of a child in 1758 when it was originally written. “The natives, or natural-born citizens, are thofe born in the country, of parents who are citizens.”

Given that our constitution takes and uses a great many of the definitions in Vattel’s work, it is likely (though hotly debated today) this definition is exactly the one used by the Founding Fathers. Alexander Hamilton described the seriousness the Founders took the matter to be in what is known as the Federalist Papers, this from #68:

“Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one querter, but chiefly from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils. How could they better gratify this, than by raising a creature of their own to the chief magistracy of the Union? But the convention have guarded against all danger of this sort, with the most provident and judicious attention.”

Vattel, Emerich. "THE LAW OF NATIONS OR PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF NATURE APPLIED TO THE CONDUCT AND AFFAIRS OF NATIONS AND SOVEREIGNS." 1797. Book I Ch XIX

Alexander Hamilton. "The Federalist No. 68: The Mode of Electing the President." March 12, 1788.

"Wrong again. He did define it. "

Unless he came back from the dead or drove a DeLorean with a flux capacitor, that is not true. He was dead for 30 years before the first translator (not de Vattel) ever slipped the phrase into an edition of his boom

As to Federalist 68, I notice that is says nothing about 2 citizen parents or natural born citizens. So I have no idea why you provided it. Or why you put the irrelevant de Vattel reference between the quotation and its reference.