COUNTRY. By country is meant the state of which one is a member.
2. Every man's country is in general the state in which he happens to have been
born, though there are some exceptions. See Domicil; Inhabitant. But a man has
the natural right to expatriate himself, i. e. to abandon his country, or his
right of citizenship acquired by means of naturalization in any country in
which he may have taken up his residence. See Allegiance; Citizen;
Expatriation. in another sense, country is the same as pais. (q. v.)
