Federal
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A term commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states. In the United States the central government of the Union is federal. The constitution was adopted “to form a more perfect union” among the states, for the purpose of self-protection and for the promotion of their mutual happiness. Freeman’s Hist. Fed. Govt.; Austin, Jurispr.
Lect. 6;.see U. S. V. Cruikshank, 92 U. S. 642, 23 L. Ed. 588.