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United States
This term has several meanings.
- It may be merely the name of a sovereign occupying the position analogous to that of other sovereigns in family of nations,
- it may designate territory over which sovereignty of United States extends,
- or it may be collective name of the states which are united by and under the Constitution.
Source:
Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition
Hooven & Allison Co. v. Evatt, U.S. Ohio,
324 U.S. 652, 65 S.Ct. 870, 880, 89 L.Ed. 1252.
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