by birth
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The majority’s decision in Barbara recounts how before the 14th Amendment’s ratification, Americans followed the long-standing common-law rule making persons born on American soil citizens by birth.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
An Australian by birth, Grant acknowledges that he's neutral on the question of which side was responsible for the infamous 18th Century breakup.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Unsurprisingly, Vance hadn’t done his homework: Both men involved in that crime were British by birth.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
Paul Gigot: So Nebraskan by birth, husband, father of two daughters and a son, a former president of Midland Lutheran College, then a two-term senator, condolences on that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Lord Petyr's fa-ther had been the smallest of small lords, his grandfather a landless hedge knight; by birth, he held no more than a few stony acres on the windswept shore of the Fingers.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
