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<blockquote data-quote="Jagger" data-source="post: 442949" data-attributes="member: 16628"><p>According to the rules of legal interpretation, the word militia is to be understood generally according to it's usual and most known signification, not what the word was considered to mean in the common law context. In 1789, the most usual signification of the word was "standing force of a nation: train-band." <em>See 1787 edition of A Dictionary of the English Language.</em></p><p></p><p>PS: In 1789, the militia, under the laws of England, was comprised of "<strong>a certain number</strong> of the inhabitants of every county, chosen by lot for three years."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jagger, post: 442949, member: 16628"] According to the rules of legal interpretation, the word militia is to be understood generally according to it's usual and most known signification, not what the word was considered to mean in the common law context. In 1789, the most usual signification of the word was "standing force of a nation: train-band." [I]See 1787 edition of A Dictionary of the English Language.[/I] PS: In 1789, the militia, under the laws of England, was comprised of "[B]a certain number[/B] of the inhabitants of every county, chosen by lot for three years." [/QUOTE]
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