And how is that supposed to help your argument? This was the time of transition from "subjects" to "citizens". The founders wanted to dispense with the old term which implied ownership by the King, and spur usage of the new term which stands separate from Monarchy. Thomas Jefferson himself erased the word "subject" and wrote over it the word "citizen."
At the time you discussed (1781), prior to the US Constitution, NBS was pretty much it.
Well, as long ago as 1776, Thomas Jefferson was inadvertently using the word, but thought better of it. What was that, 5 years earlier?
That, of course, was true of VATTEL as well, writing in the 1750s. Since NBC did not exist at the time Vattel wrote - there being no USA or US citizens, Vattel could have, at best, written about NBS - which would have been, as you admit, sujets naturel.
Under a King, the term would always have been "sujets naturel", but Vattel was writing about a Free Republic, and the very Premise of his work was the absence of a King.
But Vattel did NOT use the phrase, which defined citizenship in England and the Colonies. A correct translation of Vattel would be, as in the prior translations, the native, or indigenous.
Getting rid of the word "subject" was the entire point of getting rid of the King as a form of government. Why would he suggest the existence of a Republic, and then add the concept of subjugation for it's members?
naturel and indigenes do not translate NBC or NBS.
Nonsense. They are synonyms. What would "naturel" mean if Not "natural born"? Hmmm???
It is like saying that the word "car" cannot be translated as the word "automobile." I have already demonstrated to you how "sujets naturel" translated to "natural born subject" in 1781, so you cannot legitimately argue that "naturel" won't translate to "natural born."
“Nonsense. They are synonyms. What would “naturel” mean if Not “natural born”? Hmmm???”
Here is a hint - you can be a NBC delivered by caesarian section.
He defined what he meant by ‘naturel’ - by saying ‘or indigene’. What does indigene mean?
I’ll give another hint - it doesn’t mean the legal term NBC or NBS, used interchangeably by the Founders.