Republican candidate Ted Cruz requested a Texas federal judge to dismiss a disqualification case filed against him questioning his eligibility to run for the presidency.

Being born in Canada to a Cuban father and an American mother, Cruz believes that there is no legal basis as to doubts about him being a 'natural-born citizen.'

"Senator Cruz is a 'natural-born citizen' eligible to serve as President of the United States," the filing stating the motion to dismiss explained.

Furthermore, Cruz's legal counsel included a definition of what a 'natural-born citizen' is in the document filed to the Houston federal court on Monday.

"Founding-era sources, congressional statements, historical precedent, case law and the overwhelming weight of scholarly authority all command the same conclusion: a 'natural born citizen' is a person who was a U.S. citizen at birth, without the need for later naturalization," Atty. Layne Kruse said in the filing.

She further noted that there is "no dispute" that the Republican senator was able to meet the stated definition.

Newton Schwartz, an 85-year-old Houston resident claiming to have practiced law for 50 years, declared that he has filed the case in order to prevent chaos in the elections and not because of any political motivation.

However, this was questioned by Cruz's filing, stating that "nowhere does Plaintiff, who acknowledges that he is a Democrat ... explain how he is harmed by Senator Cruz's presence on the Republican primary ballot."

His sentiment was echoed by a number of news outlets that cited the James Madison's definition of a natural-born citizen.

"It is an established maxim that birth is a criterion of allegiance. . . . [And] place is the most certain criterion; it is what applies in the United States," said Madison.

Madison is known as the "father of the Constitution."

While Cruz is a U.S. citizen, he is not a natural-born because his mother gave birth to him outside of United States. soil.

Because his mother is an American, he is automatically naturalized and, therefore, was not a natural-born to begin with.

"Because of the senator's parentage, he did not have to follow the lengthy naturalization process that aliens without American parents must undergo," the article stated.

Born in Calgary, Alberta in 1970, Cruz has fought several queries on his eligibility to run in an electoral post in the United States government because the Constitution had not specified whether a 'natural-born' should be born in the nation or just be a citizen upon birth.