HSRP-631
The two words are equivalent in every respect
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1. Header
2. The claim, in full
The two words are equivalent in every respect
Cited on: /sovereign-citizens. Entered 2026-10-18 by the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, tag NEW-SC18 (brief item H18). THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: "CONTESTED". CONTESTED within the sources themselves.
3. What it rests on
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Webster 1828 (two aspects of one person): "Men in free governments, are subjects as well as citizens; as citizens, they enjoy rights and franchises; as subjects, they are bound to obey the laws." [SRC-1137]
Sources: SRC-1137 -
Rousseau I.6: "citizens, as sharing in the sovereign power, and subjects, as being under the laws of the State" [SRC-230]
Sources: SRC-230
No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.
4. Sources
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SRC-1137 · PRIORITY · An American Dictionary of the English Language — Webster, Noah (1828)
Pinpoint: not recorded · Access: Access status not recordedEntered 2026-10-18 by the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, from source entry S12. CITATION as the block gives it (S12): Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (New York, 1828), "Subject," n., sense 1. READ AT: https://1828.mshaffer.com/d/word/subject ; https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/1843.126711 SCOPE PAGE; SECONDARY. E-text transcriptions only; the two agree word for word. Not checked against a facsimile. Not yet verified.
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SRC-230 · PRIORITY · The Social Contract — Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1762)
Pinpoint: not recorded · Access: Access status not recordedSOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, 2026-10-18: S35 cites this record (Rousseau, The Social Contract). PINPOINT: bk. I ch. 6, the members as citizens sharing in the sovereign authority and as subjects under the laws of the state.
5. Counter-evidence
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Webster 1913 ("convertible") and EB 1911 ("equivalent") state the equivalence outright (HSRP-629).
Source: none linked in the register
6. Why this grade
CONTESTED
The register defines CONTESTED as: Disputed in the underlying science; the dispute is stated rather than omitted.
7. Correction history
No correction events are recorded. The entry's status is ACTIVE: no later entry amends, supersedes or withdraws it.
Later entries that mention this observation: HSRP-626.
8. Related observations
- HSRP-629 · ESTABLISHED · Standard reference works of 1828–1913 state the equivalenceRelation: not recorded
9. Where this appears on the site
Content pages that cite this observation inline:
- Sovereign Citizens“The two words are equivalent in every respect — CONTESTED”
Pages citing a source this observation rests on: /sovereign-citizens.
10. Open questions
Not yet recorded for this observation.
11. Machine block
The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:
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