Huh. In 1884, 16 years after the 14th Amendment was ratified, John Elk, who â as you may have surmised by his name â was an Indian, had to go to the Supreme Court to argue that he was an American citizen because he was born in the United States.
Interest An interest describes any right, claim or privilege that an individual has towards real property. The law recognizes various types of interests in real property. A nonpossessory interest in land is the right of one person to use or to restrict the use of land that belongs to another person.
1 Text of the Married Women's Property Act 1882 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from the UK Statute Law Database.arried womenâs legal rights included the right to sue and be sued. Any damages a wife might pay would be her own responsibility, instead of that of her husband. Married women were then also liable for their own debts, and any outside trade they owned was subject to bankruptcy laws.