Law Dictionary

The power of a state to regulate the use of motor vehicles on its highways has been recently considered by this court and broadly sustained. It extends to nonresidents as well as t

The term “State program” means a State capital access program or a State other credit support program. / “State program” means a program established by a State pursuant to section

In this section, the term “State protection and advocacy system” means a system established in a State under subtitle C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rig

The term “State public affairs network” means a non-commercial non-broadcast network or a noncommercial educational television station— (i) whose programming consists of informatio

The term “State public benefit assistance program” means the program established under subsection (b)(2) of this section.

The term “State qualified payment stablecoin issuer” means an entity that— (A) is legally established under the laws of a State and approved to issue payment stablecoins by a State

The term "State racing commission" means an entity designated by State law or regulation that has jurisdiction over the conduct of horseracing within the applicable State

The term “State rail transportation authority” means the State agency or official responsible under the direction of the Governor of the State or a State law for preparation, maint

The state may not select either of these departments for arbitrary control. Thus, it would not be contended that the state might require passengers to be carried for nothing, or th

The term “State recognized tribe” means any tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community— (I) that has been recognized as an Indian tribe by any State; and (II) for which an

State Recreational Boating Safety Program.—The term “State recreational boating safety program” means education, assistance, and enforcement activities conducted for maritime casua

any " kind of State Registration whatsoever that might affect interstate carriers.

The term “State regulated electric utility” means any electric utility with respect to which a State regulatory authority has ratemaking authority.

The term “State regulated gas utility” means any gas utility with respect to which a State regulatory authority has ratemaking authority.

On its face the order as applied was an interference with such commerce. It undertook to fix the time allowed for stops in the course of interstate transit. It was a serious interf

any regulation of such subject made by the state, or under its authority, which directly burdens interstate commerce, is a regulation of such commerce, and repugnant to the Constit

But, broad as is the power of regulation, the state does not enjoy the freedom of an owner. The fact that the property is devoted to a public use on certain terms does not justify

A state may regulate the conduct of railways within its borders... Under this power of regulation a state may require carriers to provide reasonable and adequate facilities to serv

the state, if it had seen proper, might have excepted from the operation of the statute cases in which the insured, by his representations when obtaining a policy, perpetrated a fr

The only requirements consistently recognized have been that the regulation not discriminate against or place an embargo on interstate commerce, that it safeguard an obvious state

the state has the power (certainly until Congress legislates upon the subject) with regard to the provision which shall accompany the sale or assignment of rights arising under a p

The term “State regulatory authority” means any State agency which has ratemaking authority with respect to the sale of natural gas by any gas utility (other than by such State age

Alabama. Alabama Reports. By Henry Minor. From 1820 to 1826. 1 vol. Stewart's Reports. From 1827 to 1831. 3 vols. Stewart & Porter’s Reports. From 1831 to 1833. 4 vols. Porter’s Re

In this section the terms “solid waste”, “solid waste rail transfer facility”, and “State requirements” have the meaning given such terms in section 10908(e).

The term “State rural development council” means a State rural development council that meets the requirements of subsection (d).

the authority to provide for the public health, safety, and morals, and we have upheld such a basis for legislation.

In the Appendix of 131 U. S. is given a list of the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is here given, and is brought down to date. The names of the Chief Justices

The title of the second officer, in As to his election, see President of the United States. His office In point of duration Is coextensive with that of the president The constituti

government. He is an officer appointed by the president. His principal duties are, 1, to superintend the collection of the revenue; 2, to divest, prepare, and lay before ' congress

In the absence of legislation by Congress, the states are not denied the exercise of their power to secure safety in the physical operation of railroad trains within their territor

The term “State savings association” means— (A) any building and loan association, savings and loan association, or homestead association; or (B) any cooperative bank (other than a

The term “State school facilities agency” means an existing agency which is broadly representative of public institutions of higher education, nonprofit institutions of higher educ

any person residing in the United States, the Government of the United States or an agency thereof, or the government of a State or a political subdivision thereof, who asserts a c

the term “State securities or law enforcement authority” has the meaning given the term in section 78x(f)(4) of title 15 ; and / the term “State securities or law enforcement autho

A term used in the United States corresponding to the king's (or queen's) evidence of England.

The term “State sexual assault coalition” means a program determined by the Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the Pub

The term “State share” means 100 percent minus the Federal share.

the term 'States' as used in 28 U.S.C. § 1251(a)(1) should not be read to include their political subdivisions

A freeholder and farmer In Cumberland. Wharton.

all the political communities exercising legislative powers in the country, embracing, not only those political communities which constitute the United States, but also those commu

The term “States of the Upper Colorado River Basin” shall mean the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming;

The terms “Colorado River Basin”, “Colorado River Compact”, “Colorado River System”, “Lee Ferry”, “States of the Upper Division”, “Upper Basin”, and “domestic use” shall have the m

With the exception named in the Constitution, every state has absolute immunity from suit. Without its consent it cannot be sued in any court, by any person, for any cause of actio

When its action does not conflict with federal legislation, the sovereign authority of the State over the conduct of its citizens upon the high seas is analogous to the sovereign a

if the company has furnished all such proper and reasonable accommodation to the locality as fairly may be demanded ... then any interference with the company (either directly, by

In this subparagraph, the term “state sponsor of international terrorism” means any country the government of which has been determined by the Secretary of State under any of the l

In this section, the term “state sponsor of terrorism” means a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined to be a government that has repeatedly provided

It belongs to the state, as the guardian and trustee for its people, and having control of its affairs, to prescribe the conditions upon which it will permit public work to be done

The state of Virginia had the undoubted right to exclude the Pennsylvania corporation and to forbid its constituting branches within the Virginia boundaries. As it had that right b

As a state has power to refuse permission to a foreign insurance company to do business at all within its confines, and as it has power to withdraw that permission when once given,

From the character of the parties, and the nature of the controversy, we cannot, without committing great injustice, apply to this case the rules as to time, which govern Courts of

a contract made by a foreign corporation with a citizen of another state is not necessarily void because the corporation had not complied with the laws of such other state, imposin

The title which a state holds to land under navigable waters is different in character from that which it holds in land intended for sale and occupation; in the former case it bein

The term “State strategic highway safety plan” means a comprehensive plan, based on safety data, developed by a State transportation department that— (A) is developed after consult

The term "State substance abuse agency" has the meaning given that term in section 290bb–1(r)(6) 1 of title 42. / For purposes of this subsection, the term “State substan

It does not follow that because a state may be sued by the United States without its consent, therefore the United States may be sued by a state without its consent. Public policy

The term “State supervisory fees” means assessments, examination fees, branch fees, license fees, and all other fees that are levied or charged by a State bank supervisor directly

For purposes of this subsection, the term “State supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits agency” means any agency described in section 3(t)(1) 4 of the Food and Nutritio

The term “State supplementary payment” means any cash payment made by a State on a regular basis to an individual who is receiving supplemental security income benefits under subch

the State may modify or supplement the maritime law by creating liability which a court of admiralty will recognize and enforce when the state action is not hostile to the characte

"State-supported route" means a route described in subparagraph (B) or (D) of paragraph (7), or in section 24702, that is operated by Amtrak, excluding those trains opera

The term “State system of long-term care” means the Federal, State, and local programs and activities administered by a State that provide, support, or facilitate access to long-te

In one sense, any tax levied under a general state law; in another, any such tax levied for general state purposes and not for local purposes. See 32 Mich. 406, 20 Am. Rep. 655.

it was not designed by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution to prevent a state from changing its system of taxation in all proper and reasonable ways, nor to compel the states to

A state may not tax, burden, or interfere with interstate and foreign commerce or tax as such gross earnings derived therefrom or impose a license fee or other burden upon the occu

A state may tax such part of the income of a non-resident as is fairly attributable either to property located in the state or to events or transactions which, occurring there, are

the excise taxes imposed or the fees required by any state or the District of Columbia upon or based upon the gallon of liquor, and the term gallon shall mean one hundred twenty-ei

The immunity which it implied was sustained only because it was one deemed necessary to protect the states from destruction by the federal taxation of those governmental functions

“State taxing agency” means any State agency, body, or commission, or its legal representative, which is charged under the laws of such State with responsibility for the administra

In this section, the term “State, territory, or other governmental entity” means any entity to which a payment may be made directly to the entity under this subchapter other than a

The term “state trading enterprise” means— (A) any agency, instrumentality, or administrative unit of a foreign country which— (i) purchases goods or services in international trad

The term “State transportation department” means that department, commission, board, or official of any State charged by its laws with the responsibility for highway construction.

See State.

Trials of political offenders. Also the name of a series of reports of such trials held in England.

The term “State utility” means a State or any political subdivision of a State, or any agency, authority, or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing, or a corporation t

The term “State utility regulatory commission” means (A) any utility regulatory commission which is a State agency or (B) the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Ray, Rice (S. C.) 4, 33 Am. Dec. 90.

The term "State vaccine-eligible child" means, with respect to a State and a qualified pediatric vaccine, a child who is within a class of children for which the State is

The term “State water pollution control agency” means the State agency designated by the Governor having responsibility for enforcing State laws relating to the abatement of pollut

the term “Statewide and Tribal Automated Child Welfare Information System” means a statewide mechanized data collection and information retrieval system described in section 674(a)

Such a court is required where the challenged statute or regulation, albeit created or authorized by a state legislature, has statewide application or effectuates a statewide polic

The term “statewide partnership” means a partnership that— (A) shall include— (i) the Governor of the State or the designee of the Governor; (ii) the heads of the State systems for

the term “statewide paternity establishment percentage” means, with respect to a State for a fiscal year, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) that the total number of minor child

The term "statewide workforce development system" means a workforce development system, as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [29 U.S.C.

The term "State with an approved regulatory program" means a State for which the Secretary has made a determination under subsection (b)(1).

The term “State workforce agency” means the lead State agency with responsibility for the administration of a program under chapter 2 or 3 of subtitle B of title I of the Workforce

The term "State workforce development board" means a State board, as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act [29 U.S.C. 3102]. / The terms “l

Due to the limitation of the Assimilative Crimes Act of 1825 to state laws in force at the time of its own enactment, the Act gradually lost much of its effectiveness in maintainin

The term “static thrust” means the forward or backwards thrust developed by propulsion machinery while stationary.

Immediately.

Exhibiting or listing in their order, the items which make up an account.

That part of a bill in equity which, states the facts of the complainant's case. Cf. Charging part.

See "Bill."

a place or position; and it may be said that wherever a man, in pursuance of orders, stays or remains, he is stationed, and that if he is a military man, such place becomes a milit

The term “stationary microturbine power plant” means an integrated system comprised of a gas turbine engine, a combustor, a recuperator or regenerator, a generator or alternator, a

any building, structure, facility, or installation which emits or may emit any air pollutant.

A body formed in 1557 in London of 97 London stationers and their successors, to whom was entrusted, in the first instance, and, under Orders in Council, the censorship of the pres

St. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 45, authorizes, in every case of copyright, the registration of the title of the proprietor at Stationers' Hall, and provides that, without previous registration

Includes blanks for use in public offices. 3

In English law. A government office established as a depariment of the treasury, for the purpose of supplying government offices with stationery and books, and of printing and publ