[one Lord one faith one baptism]

But words had the same meaning as the British had, definitions didn’t change after 1776.

[entropy12]

Are you even serious? My kid is a lawyer, working as Seattle city prosecutor. American law is not legally connected to UK, Canada or Cuba.

[2pets]

"But words had the same meaning as the British had, definitions didn’t change after 1776."

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The British defined "natural-born subject."

The Constitution uses the term "natural born citizen."

Furthermore, Hamilton's suggestion of "born a citizen" would have matched the citizen version of the British definition of "natural-born subject," but the Constitutional Convention rejected that terminology.

Born a citizen just isn't enough.