state
Definition 1
Law: (Written often with an uppercase or capital letter 'S') entity that prosecutes persons accused of criminal wrong-doing as the representative of the people of a state.
Definition 2
Politics: (Written usually with a lowercase or common letter 's') Geographical area within defined territorial boundaries and with a distinct set of political institutions, ruled by a government through laws conformance to which is imposed by force (if necessary) in the common interest. Whereas the term 'state' emphasizes a self-governing legal and political entity, 'nation' emphasizes a particular community of people with shared culture and history, and 'country' the physical dimensions and boundaries of a geographical area.
state is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and Economics, Politics, & Society subjects.
state appears in the definitions of the following terms:
annuity contract,
digital signal,
information society,
commercial acre,
matching principle,
cost driver,
demographic transition,
mortgage note,
contiguous United States,
equal pay
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