Federal
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
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.