United States
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)
Definitions from Case Law
From 335 U.S. 377 - Vermilya-Brown Co. v. Connell · 1948Most cited · 219 citing opinions
the several States and Territories, the District of Columbia, and the pos *387 sessions of the United States, but does not include the Canal Zone."); Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 52 Stat. 1040 , § 201 (a), 21 U. S. C. § 321 (a) (1938) ("The term 'Territory' means any Territory or possession of the United States, including the District of Columbia and excluding the Canal Zone."); Federal Firearms Act, 52 Stat. 1250 , § 1 (2), as amended, 15 U. S. C. § 901
United States Code
2 U.S.C. § 1966 — as used in this section
As used in this section, the term “United States” means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and territories and possessions of the United States.
2 U.S.C. § 1975 — in this section
In this section, the term “United States” means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
5 U.S.C. § 5721 — in this section
“United States” means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the territories and possessions of the United States, and the areas and installations in the Republic of Panama that are made available to the United States pursuant to the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements (as described in section 3(a) of the Panama Canal Act of 1979); and
5 U.S.C. § 7103 — in this section
“United States” means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States.
6 U.S.C. § 1111 — for purposes of this subchapter
The term “United States” means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
6 U.S.C. § 1151 — in this subchapter
The term “United States” means the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
6 U.S.C. § 453b — in this section
In this section, the term “United States” includes the possessions of the United States.
7 U.S.C. § 1301 — for the purposes of this subchapter
The term “United States” means the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
In America, the political entity or entirety formed by the adoption of the Federal or National Constitution; also, the whole territory or country subject thereto. Used adjectively, that which emanates from, pertains or belongs to, the General or National government. See further Constitution; Courts; Government; Revised Statutes; State, 3 (2); Territory, 2; — Citizen; Comity; Commerce; Corporation, Public; Pederal; Nation; Tort, 2; War. ' Mc Aunich v. Mississippi, &c. R. Co., 30 Iowa, 343 (1866); Kelley v. State, 6 Ohio St. 271 (1856). = [Senior v. Ratterman. 44 Ohio St. 678 (1887). ' [Heck V. State, 44 Ohio St. 639 (1880). ' Adler v. Whitbeck, 44 Ohio St. 67S (1886). » Exchange Baik v. Bines, 3 Ohio St. 15 (1863), Bartley, C. J. « Railroad Tax Case, 8 Saw. 252 (1882), Field, J.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
and on behalf of the plaintiff, where $3,000 is involved. 105. The Circuit Courts. There are nine Circuits. The first includes the districts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island; the second, Vermont, Coniiecticut, and New York; the third, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware; the fourth, Maryland, the Virginias, and the Carolinas; the fifth, Georgia, riorida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; the sixth, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee; the seventh, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin; the eighth, Nebraska,
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
There is an inconvenient ambiguity in this phrase. It sometimes designates the states composing the American Union, separately considered, as in the expression "one of the United States." More often, in law-books, it designates the national government, the political entirety, as in the phrases given below. Sometimes it means the whole countiy subject to the state and federal governments. United States bonds. Obligations for payment of money which have been at various times issued by the governdictment for la,re6ny, includes national bank notes. State v. Gasting, 23 La. Ann. 609. United States commissioner. See Commissioners op Circuit Courts. United States marslial. See Mar- SBAt,. United States notes. Promissory notes, in the similitude of bank-notes, issued by the government of the United States.