Subject

Noun. One that owes allegiance to a sovereign and is governed by that sovereign’s laws. Verb: To bring under the power or dominion of.

In constitutional law: One that owes allegiance to a sovereign and is governed by his laws. The natives of Great Britain are subjects of the British government. 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. The term is little used, in this sense, in countries enjoying a Article IV, Sec. 4 Republican Form of Government. See The Pizarro, 2 Wheat. 24, 4I. Ed. 226; U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, 109 U.S. G49, 18 Sup. Cr. 46, 42 I.Ed. 890

Definition of “subject to”: 1) conditional or dependent on something. 2) Being under domination as of an authority or government, subject to the whims of the boss 3) Exposed or open to undesirable or unfavorable criticism 4) the necessity of undergoing something 5) liable or prone to suffer something

“All subjects over which the sovereign power of the state extends are objects of taxation, but those over which it does not extend are exempt from taxation. This proposition may also be pronounced as self-evident. The sovereignty of the state extends to everything which exists by its authority or its permission. “ McCulloch v Maryland, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat) 316 91819