Officially? Land ownership, of course, and there was being chartered for over a year in the service of a papered ship captain. In the outskirts it was as simple as staying long enough that the tax collector knew you were there. Marriage, of course, did the trick in all instances.
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Officially? Land ownership, of course, and there was being chartered for over a year in the service of a papered ship captain. In the outskirts it was as simple as staying long enough that the tax collector knew you were there. Marriage, of course, did the trick in all instances.