Definitions of Legal Terms needed

[Dead]

Ok lets do this one by one.

What are the "Legal" definitions of the words "Person", "Citizen" in the US Constitution (all amendments), Bill of Rights?

 

[RHC]

What those terms mean in the Constitution today is whatever the Supreme Court says, and is basically a political matter.

When the Constitution was written "person" meant only a human being, while "citizen" meant a person subject to the jurisdiction of a particular state.

But in the United States court decisions and statutory law have changed that.

Today the key difference between a "person" and a "citizen" is that a corporation or a partnership or a foreign government can be a person, but not a citizen. So corporations can have the rights of "persons" but not those of "citizens." (e.g., voting, etc.)

There is a twist, though, that in order to allow for certain manipulations of meaning the courts do permit governments in the U.S. to qualify as citizens.

 

[Futo Inu]

Depends on where it's found. There is an answer, assuredly, based on writing in prior SupCt opinions. However, there might still be gray areas - I don't know. I can tell you, that ORDINARILY in the law, anytime you see the word "person", it really means "legal entity", including a human being, corporation, LLP, LLC, or trust.