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1775 M. Mather America's Appeal 15 Compleat subjectship consists in being under allegiance to the King, inhabiting territories within the kingdom, in having..a voice in the supreme legislature, and enjoying..the benefits and immunities of the government.

1798 J. Root Rep. Superior Court & Supreme Court of Errors 1 p. vi They became connected with and subordinated to the crown of England, with the rights of subjectship.

1829 J. P. Thomas Treat. Universal Jurispr. (ed. 2) ii. x. 344 A person who has been naturalised at his own request, is generally considered, by all states, as a subject of the country which has bestowed upon him the rights of subjectship.

1864 Reader 23 July 94 The rights and privileges of British subjectship.

1876 W. Bathgate Deep Things vi. 131 The moral nature of man is the fact out of which both his sonship and his subjectship spring.

1918 Harvey's Weekly 18 May 13/2 These scoundrels..value German subjectship above American citizenship.

2010 E. N. Glenn Forced to Care ii. 13 Before the American Revolution, when subjectship rather than citizenship defined people's relationship to the state, dependence was a common condition.