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State

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004671

A political entity that occupies a defined territory, has a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. In the context of federal systems, it can also denote a constituent political unit within a larger sovereign nation. The United States is composed of 50 such constituent states.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004671
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004671",
  "term": "State",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A political entity that occupies a defined territory, has a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other states. In the context of federal systems, it can also denote a constituent political unit within a larger sovereign nation. The United States is composed of 50 such constituent states.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/state/"
}

Record 4,759 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.