Subject
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SUBJECT, contracts. The thing which is the object of an agreement. This term is used in the laws of Scotland.
SUBJECT, persons, government. An individual member of a nation, who is
subject to the laws; this term is used in contradistinction to citizen,
which is applied to the same individual when considering his political
rights.
2. In monarchical governments, by subject is meant one who owes
permanent allegiance to the monarch. Vide Body politic; Greenl. Ev. Sec.
286; Phil. & Am. on Ev. 732, n. 1.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.