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  • 11states' rights — n pl 1: rights and powers not forbidden to the states nor vested in the federal government by the U.S. Constitution 2 sing in constr: a doctrine based on states rights that has been used to justify state resistance to federal authority in matters …

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  • 12States of Mind (sinfonía) — States of Mind (Los estados de la mente) es el título de la segunda sinfonía para banda sinfónica del compositor y director español Teo Aparicio Barberán. Contenido 1 El compositor 2 Dedicatoria 3 Instrumentación …

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  • 13states'rights — also States rights (stāts) pl.n. 1. All rights not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution nor denied by it to the states. 2. The political position advocating strict interpretation of the Constitution with regard to the… …

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  • 14States' Rights —   [ steɪts raɪts], in den USA eine Doktrin, die unter Berufung auf das X. Amendment zur amerikanischen Verfassung die primäre Souveränität beziehungsweise Selbstständigkeit der Einzelstaaten gegenüber der Bundesregierung betont. Ursprünglich v. a …

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  • 15States Records — was a mid 20th century United States based record label. States was a subsidiary of (the later) United Records. See also * List of record labels …

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  • 16States and Social Revolutions — States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China is a 1979 book by political scientist and sociologist Theda Skocpol, published by Cambridge University Press and explaining the causes of revolutions through the… …

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  • 17States of Jersey Customs and Immigration Service — Head Of Service Michael Robinson Controlling body Ministry For Home Affairs Customs Excise Formally known as The Bureau des Impôts, the Customs Excise section holds one of the oldest government posts in Jersey. The Agent of the Impôts, now Head… …

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  • 18states' rights — states ′ rights′ n. pl. gov the rights belonging to the states, esp. with reference to the strict construction of the Constitution by which all rights not delegated to the federal government belong to the states …

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  • 19States-general — States gen er*al (st[=a]ts j[e^]n [ e]r*al), n. 1. In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty. [1913 Webster] 2. In the Netherlands, the …

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  • 20States of the Church — n. PAPAL STATES * * * …

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