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To: New Jersey Realist

English common law was used until the adoption of the constitution. English common law was avoided as much as possible for two reasons, one we where at war with england and two the common law was oriented towards subjects, sovereignty and royalty making it a difficult fit for a free people in a brand new republic.
English common law is not a part of our constitution nor our laws per say. Out of necessity some definitions have been carried over. Natural born was not one of them.


234 posted on 05/23/2012 10:05:13 AM PDT by W. W. SMITH (Maybe the horse will learn to sing)
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To: W. W. SMITH

English common law is not a part of our constitution nor our laws per say. Out of necessity some definitions have been carried over. Natural born was not one of them.

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240 posted on 05/23/2012 1:32:37 PM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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