State

n. A body politic or society of men, united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage, by the joint efforts of their combined strength. Co.oley, Const. Lim. 1. One of the component commonwealths or states of the United States of America. The people of a state, in their collective capacity, considered as the party wronged by a criminal deed; the public; as in the title of a cause, "The State vs. A. B." The section of territory occupied by one of the United Stains.

— Foreign state. A foreign country or nation. The several United Slates are considered "foreign" to each other except as regards their relations as common members of the Union.

— State's evidence. See Evidence.

— State officers. Those whose duties concern the slate at large or the general public, or who are authorized to exercise their official functions throughout the entire state, without limitation to any political subdivision of the state. In another sense, officers belonging to or exercising authority under one of the states of the Union, as distinguished from the officers of the United States. See In re Police Com'rs, 22 In I. 654, 49 Atl. 36; State v. Burns, 38 Fla. 378, 21 South. 290; People v. Nixon, 158 N. Y. 221, 52 N. E. 1117.

— State paper. A document prepared by, or relating to, the political department of the government of a state or nation, and concerning or affecting the administration of its government or its political or international relations. Also, a newspaper, designated by public authority, as the organ for the publication of public statutes, resolutions, notices, and advertisements.

— State tax. A tax the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the expenses of .the state, as distinguished from taxation for local or municipal purposes. See Youngblood v. Sexton, 32 Mich. 413, 20 Am. Rep. 654; State v. Auditor of State, 15 Ohio St. 482.

— State trial. A trial for a political offense.

— State Trials. A work in thirty-three volumes octavo, contuining all English trinis for offenses against the state and others partaking in. some degree of that character, from the ninth year of Hen. II. to the first of Geo. IV.