TO EXPLAIN. Make concrete announcements; in particular; such as to specify an account or view the different elements of an account; state the plea in a statement. Like a verb to express the details of something in writing or in words; specify or detail; to avoid, affirm or explain. to be recorded gross; to be mentioned in general or by reference; to be referred. Government. This word is used in different meanings. In its broadest sense, it means a self-sufficient community of people united in a community to defend their rights and bring justice to strangers. In this sense, the State means the whole people united in one body politic; (q.v.) and the state and the people of the state are equivalent expressions. 1 animal. Cond. Representatives 37-39; 3 Dall. 93; 2 Dall. 425; 2 Wilson`s Lect.
120; Appx by Dane. § 50, p. 50, p. 50. 63 1 History, Const. Section 361. In a narrower sense, the word “State” simply expresses the positive or effective organization of the legislative or judicial power; the effective government of the State shall be designated by the name of the State; Hence the expression that the State has enacted such a law or prohibited such an act. State also means the part of the territory occupied by a state, such as the State of Pennsylvania. 2.
The term State means, in particular, one of the Commonwealth that make up the United States of America. The Constitution of the United States contains the following provisions with respect to states. 3. Article 1(9)(5). No tax or duty may be levied on goods exported from a State. The ports of one State shall not be favoured by any trade or tax regime over those of another State, and ships bound for or arriving from one State shall not be required to enter, clear or pay customs duties in another State. 4.-Abs. 6.
No money may be withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, except in the case of funds provided for by law; and a regular statement of the revenues and expenditures of all public funds shall be published from time to time. 5.-Ab. 7. No title of nobility shall be conferred by the United States, and no person holding any position of gain or trust among it may accept gifts, emoluments, offices, or titles of any kind from any king, prince, or foreign state without the consent of Congress. 6.-Art. 1, p. 10, para. 1. No State may enter into a treaty, alliance or confederation; letters of authorization and reprisal; Hard cash; issue credits; anything that is not making gold and silver coins a means of paying the debt; adopt a subsequent declaration of performance or legislation that affects the obligation arising from contracts; or confer a title of nobility. 7.-Ab. 2.
No state may impose levies or duties on imports or exports without the consent of Congress, except to the extent strictly necessary for the enforcement of its inspection laws; and the net production of all duties and taxes levied by a State on imports or exports is for the use of the United States Treasury, and all such laws shall be subject to review and control by Congress. No state may, without the consent of Congress, impose a tonnage obligation, detain troops or warships in time of peace, enter into any agreement or treaty with another state or with a foreign power, or wage war, unless it is actually invaded or in imminent danger such that it does not permit any delay. 8. The District of Columbia and the territorial districts of the United States are not states within the meaning of the Constitution and judicial law, so a citizen of that state may sue a citizen of one of the states in federal courts. 2 Cranch, p. 445; 1 wheat. 91. 9. The various states that make up the United States are sovereign and independent, in all that is not left by the Constitution to the national government, and are regarded by each other as foreign states according to general principles, but their mutual relations are those of internal independence rather than foreign alienation. 7. Cranch, p. 481; 3 wheat.
324; 1 green. Ev. §§ 489 and 504. See generally M. Madison`s report to the Virginia legislature, January 1800; 1 Story`s Com. on Const. section 208; 1 Kent, Com. 189, note b; Grotius, B. 1, c. 1, p. 14; B.
3, c. 3, s. 2; Burlamaqui, vol. 2, part 1, c. 4, p. 9; Vattel, B. 1, c. 1; 1 toull.
No. 202, Note 1 Nation; Cicer. of Republic. 1. 1, p. 25. “Constitutional Law”. Merriam-Webster.com Legal Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/legal/state%20law.