state
v. say, speak; express verbally or in writing; announce, declare firmly adj. governmental, bureaucratic; majestic, dignified n. condition; stage, phase; mood, emotional condition; splendor; overly excited or distressed; nation; internally autonomous territorial or political unit joined with others under a sovereign government | ||||
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State Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| BTS Transportation Expressions |
State
A state of the United States and the District of Columbia. (49CFR383)
A state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or any other territory or possession of the United States designated by the Secretary [of Transportation]. (49CFR171)
A state of the United States and the District of Columbia. (49CFR383)
A state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or any other territory or possession of the United States designated by the Secretary [of Transportation]. (49CFR171)
| Company Info: Ticker, Name, Description |
SFSW
State Financial Services Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Bank and savings and loan holding company with subsidiaries which per form commercial banking operations, savings bank operations, mortgage banking, insurance services, investment banking services and other related financial activities.
State Financial Services Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Bank and savings and loan holding company with subsidiaries which per form commercial banking operations, savings bank operations, mortgage banking, insurance services, investment banking services and other related financial activities.
STB
State Bancorp, Inc.
Exchange: AMEX
Bank holding company with subsidiary which performs commercial banking operations, credit card services, mortgage banking, leasing, investment advisory services and other related financial activities.
STFC
State Auto Financial Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Holding company with subsidiaries which underwrite property and casualty insurance lines, including automobile, homeowners, commercial multi-peril, workers' compensation, liability, fire and other lines of business; Provide insurance premium finance services to policyholders to enable policyholders to pay insurance
STT
STATE STREET CORP
Exchange: NYSE
Holding company with subsidiary which provide an extensive range of investment management strategies, securities lending, specialized investment management advisory services and investment management and other financial services for corporations, public funds, high-net-worth individuals and other sophisticated investors; And
State Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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state
<storage, architecture, jargon, theory> How something is; its configuration, attributes, condition, or information content. The state of a system is usually temporary (i.e. it changes with time) and volatile (i.e. it will be lost or reset to some initial state if the system is switched off).
A state may be considered to be a point in some space of all possible states. A simple example is a light, which is either on or off. A complex example is the electrical activation in a human brain while solving a problem.
In computing and related fields, states, as in the light example, are often modelled as being discrete (rather than continuous) and the transition from one state to another is considered to be instantaneous. Another (related) property of a system is the number of possible states it may exhibit. This may be finite or infinite. A common model for a system with a finite number of discrete state is a finite state machine.
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(1996-10-13)
<storage, architecture, jargon, theory> How something is; its configuration, attributes, condition, or information content. The state of a system is usually temporary (i.e. it changes with time) and volatile (i.e. it will be lost or reset to some initial state if the system is switched off).
A state may be considered to be a point in some space of all possible states. A simple example is a light, which is either on or off. A complex example is the electrical activation in a human brain while solving a problem.
In computing and related fields, states, as in the light example, are often modelled as being discrete (rather than continuous) and the transition from one state to another is considered to be instantaneous. Another (related) property of a system is the number of possible states it may exhibit. This may be finite or infinite. A common model for a system with a finite number of discrete state is a finite state machine.
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(1996-10-13)
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state
n. 1. Condition, situation. "What's the state of your latest hack?" "It's winning away." "The system tried to read and write the disk simultaneously and got into a totally wedged state." The standard question "What's your state?" means "What are you doing?" or "What are you about to do?" Typical answers are "about to gronk out", or "hungry". Another standard question is "What's the state of the world?", meaning "What's new?" or "What's going on?". The more terse and humorous way of asking these questions would be "State-p?". Another way of phrasing the first question under sense 1 would be "state-p latest hack?". 2. Information being maintained in non-permanent memory (electronic or human).
n. 1. Condition, situation. "What's the state of your latest hack?" "It's winning away." "The system tried to read and write the disk simultaneously and got into a totally wedged state." The standard question "What's your state?" means "What are you doing?" or "What are you about to do?" Typical answers are "about to gronk out", or "hungry". Another standard question is "What's the state of the world?", meaning "What's new?" or "What's going on?". The more terse and humorous way of asking these questions would be "State-p?". Another way of phrasing the first question under sense 1 would be "state-p latest hack?". 2. Information being maintained in non-permanent memory (electronic or human).
| JDK Doc(JAVA) |
state
- Variable in class java.security.Signature
protected int state
Current state of this signature object.
- Variable in class java.security.Signature
protected int state
Current state of this signature object.
State Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
State
(a.)
Belonging to the state, or body politic; public.
(a.)
Stately.
(n.)
A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
(n.)
A form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic.
(n.)
A person of high rank.
(n.)
A political body, or body politic; the whole body of people who are united one government, whatever may be the form of the government; a nation.
(n.)
A statement; also, a document containing a statement.
(n.)
Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a community of a particular character; as, the civil and ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. Estate, n., 6.
(n.)
Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.
(n.)
Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
(n.)
Estate, possession.
(n.)
Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
(n.)
In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies politic, the people of which make up the body of the nation, and which, under the national constitution, stands in certain specified relations with the national government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full power in their several spheres over all matters not expressly inhibited.
(n.)
Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.
(n.)
The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country; as, the States-general of Holland.
(n.)
The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.
(n.)
The principal persons in a government.
(v. t.)
To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc.
(v. t.)
To set; to settle; to establish.
(a.)
Belonging to the state, or body politic; public.
(a.)
Stately.
(n.)
A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
(n.)
A form of government which is not monarchial, as a republic.
(n.)
A person of high rank.
(n.)
A political body, or body politic; the whole body of people who are united one government, whatever may be the form of the government; a nation.
(n.)
A statement; also, a document containing a statement.
(n.)
Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a community of a particular character; as, the civil and ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. Estate, n., 6.
(n.)
Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.
(n.)
Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
(n.)
Estate, possession.
(n.)
Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
(n.)
In the United States, one of the commonwealth, or bodies politic, the people of which make up the body of the nation, and which, under the national constitution, stands in certain specified relations with the national government, and are invested, as commonwealth, with full power in their several spheres over all matters not expressly inhibited.
(n.)
Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.
(n.)
The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country; as, the States-general of Holland.
(n.)
The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.
(n.)
The principal persons in a government.
(v. t.)
To express the particulars of; to set down in detail or in gross; to represent fully in words; to narrate; to recite; as, to state the facts of a case, one's opinion, etc.
(v. t.)
To set; to settle; to establish.
| WordNet 2.0 |
State
Noun
1. the federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
(synonym) Department of State, State Department, DoS
(hypernym) executive department
(part-meronym) Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS
Noun
1. the federal department in the UnitedStates that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789"
(synonym) Department of State, State Department, DoS
(hypernym) executive department
(part-meronym) Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS
state
Noun
1. the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; "the state has lowered its income tax"
(hypernym) government, authorities, regime
(hyponym) Soviets
2. the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south"
(synonym) province
(hypernym) administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
(hyponym) commonwealth
(member-holonym) country, land
3. a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
(synonym) nation, country, land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic
(hypernym) political unit
(hyponym) Dominion
(part-meronym) estate, estate of the realm
4. the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
(hyponym) skillfulness
5. the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
(synonym) country, land
(hypernym) administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
(hyponym) banana republic
(member-meronym) department
(part-meronym) domain, demesne, land
6. a state of depression or agitation; "he was in such a state you just couldn't reason with him"
(hypernym) emotional state, spirit
(classification) colloquialism
7. (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container); "the solid state of water is called ice"
(synonym) state of matter
(hypernym) chemical phenomenon
(hyponym) phase, form
(attribute) solid
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
Verb
1. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
(synonym) say, tell
(hypernym) express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
(hyponym) present, represent, lay out
(verb-group) say
(derivation) affirmation, assertion, statement
2. put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
(synonym) submit, put forward, posit
(hypernym) propose, suggest, advise
(derivation) affirmation, assertion, statement
3. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express this distance in kilometers?"
(synonym) express
(hypernym) denote, refer
(hyponym) vote
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Something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Origin
From Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Origin
From Shakespeare's Hamlet.
| Australian Slang |
As full as a state school
1. very drunk; 2. replete with food
1. very drunk; 2. replete with food
Eastern states
the rest of Australia, according to someone in Western Australia
State Border
State Line
Sunshine State
Queensland
The ma state
New South Wales
| Shakespeare Words |
state
chair of State
chair of State
| Anagram |
state
taste
taste
| hEnglish - advanced version |
state
turpentine state
state of kuwait
state prison
civil state
state of the vatican city
creole state
gem state
bear state
tar heel state
state carriage
state-controlled
north star state
state barge
equality state
independent state of papua new guinea
mountain state
natural state
state of nature
to state it
state bed
state prisoner
typhoid state
coyote state
beaver state
finite state machine
prairie state
volunteer state
wolverene state
wolverine state
state of katar
state sword
state trial
pelican state
state highway
diamond state
link state routing protocol
welfare state
bay state
great lakes state
cotton state
temporary state
state of israel
state of matter
the regents of the university of the state of new york
islamic state of afghanistan
badger state
centennial state
lone-star state
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old line state
lumber state
irish free state
independent state of samoa
keystone state
mormon state
state trooper
nascent state
chinook state
state-supported
change state
bayou state
gopher state
buckeye state
emotional state
in a state of nature
evergreen state
blue hen state
wait state
blue-grass state
empire state of the south
tri state
granite state
state of qatar
beehive state
hoosier state
secretary of state
department of state
hawkeye state
state paper
intermediate state
empire state of the west
cracker state
empire state
problem state
treasure state
blackwater state
allotropic state
sovereign state
state department
state rights
big bend state
ecstatic state
golden state
state transition diagram
turpentine state
state of kuwait
state prison
civil state
state of the vatican city
creole state
gem state
bear state
tar heel state
state carriage
state-controlled
north star state
state barge
equality state
independent state of papua new guinea
mountain state
natural state
state of nature
to state it
state bed
state prisoner
typhoid state
coyote state
beaver state
finite state machine
prairie state
volunteer state
wolverene state
wolverine state
state of katar
state sword
state trial
pelican state
state highway
diamond state
link state routing protocol
welfare state
bay state
great lakes state
cotton state
temporary state
state of israel
state of matter
the regents of the university of the state of new york
islamic state of afghanistan
badger state
centennial state
lone-star state
Next >>
old line state
lumber state
irish free state
independent state of samoa
keystone state
mormon state
state trooper
nascent state
chinook state
state-supported
change state
bayou state
gopher state
buckeye state
emotional state
in a state of nature
evergreen state
blue hen state
wait state
blue-grass state
empire state of the south
tri state
granite state
state of qatar
beehive state
hoosier state
secretary of state
department of state
hawkeye state
state paper
intermediate state
empire state of the west
cracker state
empire state
problem state
treasure state
blackwater state
allotropic state
sovereign state
state department
state rights
big bend state
ecstatic state
golden state
state transition diagram
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Adwedd
Adwedd = n. a renewed state
Adwedd = n. a renewed state
Alltudedd
Alltudedd = n. a state of exile
Anghen
Anghen = n. a destitude state
Angyliaeth
Angyliaeth = n. angelic state
Bed
Bed = n. a state of inaptiness
Berwedd
Berwedd = n. a boiling state
Briwant
Briwant = n. a broken state
Caeadrwydd
Caeadrwydd = n. inclosed state
Caethfyd
Caethfyd = n. a state of slavery
Caethnawd
Caethnawd = n. a slavish state
Cas
Cas = n. separated state; castle; hatred, a. hateful
Clain
Clain = n. prostrate state
Clydrwydd
Clydrwydd = n. comfortableness; a sheltered state
Coegchwedl
Coegchwedl = n. an empty state
Cordedd
Cordedd = n. a twisted state
Cyflwr
Cyflwr = n. condition, state, disposition, temper; property
Cyfrodedd
Cyfrodedd = n. concurrent state, a. combined, twisted together
Cyntefigiaeth
Cyntefigiaeth = n. primitive, state
Cythruddedigaeth
Cythruddedigaeth = n. perturbated state
Daer
Daer = n. fixed state, a. slow
Dedwydd
Dedwydd = n. a state of bliss; a. of renewed intelligence; discreet; happy
Dellni
Dellni = n. blind state
Difant
Difant = n. a vanished state
Diwyg
Diwyg = n. a repaired state, a. not vitiated
Doir
Doir = n. trained state
Echwraint
Echwraint = n. a state of rest
Edwedd
Edwedd = n. a state of decay
Eigraeth
Eigraeth = n. virgin state
Elff
Elff = n. pure state; a demon
Esiwydd
Esiwydd = n. a state of want
Esmwythid
Esmwythid = n. state of ease
Est
Est = n. a state of separation
Ffanwg
Ffanwg = n. a covered state
Fflamwch
Fflamwch = n. a flaming state
Ffraw
Ffraw = n. state of motion, bustle, a. full of motion, alert
Ffrew
Ffrew = n. a state of stillness
Ffrewyn
Ffrewyn = n. a quelled state
Ffu
Ffu = n. fleeting state; a. passing
Gloesineb
Gloesineb = n. state of anguish
Gloesyndod
Gloesyndod = n. fainting state
Gofygedd
Gofygedd = n. a dignified state
Goleithwch
Goleithwch = n. state of dissolution
Gradd
Gradd = n. degree, rank, state
Gwaefyd
Gwaefyd = n. a state of woe
Gwaethwg
Gwaethwg = n. impaired state
Gwastadfod
Gwastadfod = n. constant state
Gweddwdod
Gweddwdod = n. single state; widowhood
Gwestledd
Gwestledd = n. tumultuous state
Gwnedd
Gwnedd = n. a state of toiling
Gwynaf
Gwynaf = n. a fretful state
Gwyniaeth
Gwyniaeth = n. a blessed state
Gwywder
Gwywder = n. faded state
Hanredoliaeth
Hanredoliaeth = a separate state
Hebred
Hebred = n. external coarse; state of evil, or transmigration
Hwyl
Hwyl = n. a course; plight, state, or condition; a sail
Iaedd
Iaedd = n. icy state, iciness
Is
Is = n. the state of going down, a. low; under; interior, prep. below,
Llacawd
Llacawd = n. a slack state
Llacrwydd
Llacrwydd = n. slackness, laxity, relaxed state
Llaith
Llaith = n. humid state, a. moist, pliant
Llecawd
Llecawd = n. a flagging state
Llechfod
Llechfod = n. a skulking state
Lleiddawd
Lleiddawd = n. sluggish state
Lleithiant
Lleithiant = n. a damp state
Llias
Llias = n. a parted state
Llib
Llib = n. a flaccid state
Llodedd
Llodedd = n. a state of craving
Llosgedd
Llosgedd = n. state of burning
Ma
Ma = n. place, spot, space; state
Mall
Mall = n. want of energy; softness; a soddened state; malady; evil; blast
Malledd
Malledd = n. soft state; a blasted state, wantonness
Merth
Merth = n. an exhausted state
Mudanaeth
Mudanaeth = n. a mute state
Mudwg
Mudwg = n. state of removing
Mwythach
Mwythach = n. pampered state
Mwythusdra
Mwythusdra = n. a pampered state
Mythl
Mythl = n. infected state; canker
Naddiant
Naddiant = n. a wrought state
Ne
Ne = n. a state of going; a hue, conj. or, otherwise, either
Nefoliaeth
Nefoliaeth = n. heavenly state
Nes
Nes = n. a proximate state, a. divested of distance; nearer = adv. until,
Newyndra
Newyndra = n. a hungry state
Nog
Nog = n. a stop; restive state, conj. than
Ofedd
Ofedd = n. elementary state
Ornedd
Ornedd = n. a threatening state
Pallder
Pallder = a. fallibility, failed state
Par
Par = n. state of readiness; pair
Parthedd
Parthedd = n. a divided state
Pech
Pech = n. state of inaction; sin
Pedrydant
Pedrydant = n. a quadrate state
Pendefigiaeth
Pendefigiaeth = n. state of chieftain
Pi
Pi = n. state of being in, a pie
Plith
Plith = n. the state of being blended
Poes
Poes = n. state of being
Powys
Powys = n. a state of rest
Present
Present = n. a present state
Prysurwch
Prysurwch = n. state of haste
Pwys
Pwys = n. state of rest; a weight; a pound weight
Pydd
Pydd = n. a state of running out
Rheibioldeb
Rheibioldeb = n. a seized state
Rhwyddineb
Rhwyddineb = n. easy, free state
Rhwyfoldeb
Rhwyfoldeb = n. a state of sway
Rhybed
Rhybed = n. a clinched state
Rhythni
Rhythni = n. a gaping state
Sa
Sa = n. a fixed state; a standing
Saf
Saf = n. a fixed state; a stand
Safedd
Safedd = n. fixed state, stationariness
Sallt
Sallt = n. an exterior state
Sedd
Sedd = n. a motionless state; a seat
Sidi
Sidi = n. state of revolving. Caer sidi, the zodiac
Sigledd
Sigledd = n. a rocking state
Simp
Simp = n. a fickle state; a flutter
Sor
Sor = n. a chafed state; sullenness
Swm
Swm = n. state of being together
Symaeth
Symaeth = n. a complete state
Syrthfa
Syrthfa = n. a fallen state
Syth
Syth = n. a stiff or rigid state, a. stiff, rigid, erect
Taer
Taer = n. urgent state, a. eager, ardent, urgent
Tag
Tag = n. clogged state; a strangle
Tawdd
Tawdd = n. dissolved state, a. melted, dissolved
Telc
Telc = crimpled state, a shrinking
Teredd
Teredd = n. a clarified state
Traphlith
Traphlith = adv. in a confused state
Trig
Trig = n. a stay, a fixed state
Tru
Tru = n. an outcast state
Tryb
Tryb = n. a blended state
Trycholdeb
Trycholdeb = n. a mangled state
Twti
Twti = n. an intermitted state
Urddoldeb
Urddoldeb = n. dignified state
Urddwisg
Urddwisg = n. a robe of state
Wb
Wb = n. the state of being expelled, interj. out, avaunt, ho!
Wp
Wp = n. a state of being out or up
Wr
Wr = n. a state of being on or at
Yb
Yb = n. a state of being over, up, or out
Yg
Yg = n. an open or void state
Yn
Yn = n. state of being in, prep. in, at, into; for
Ysoldeb
Ysoldeb = n. a consuming state
Ystad
Ystad = n. a state, a condition
State Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The 'Lectric Law Library |
State
Any State of the U.S., the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S., any political subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof. 18 USC
This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. In a more limited sense, the word `state' expresses merely the positive or actual organization of the legislative, or judicial powers; thus the actual government of the state is designated by the name of the state; hence the expression, the state has passed such a law, or prohibited such an act. State also means the section of territory occupied by a state, as the state of Pennsylvania.
By the word state is also meant, more particularly, one of the commonwealths which form the United States of America. The Constitution of the United States makes the following provisions in relation to the states.
- No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state. No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another, nor shall vessels bound to or from one state be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.
- No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.
- No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from, any king, prince, or foreign state.
- No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payments of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex-post-facto, or law impairing the obligation of contracts; or grant any title of nobility.
- No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the net produce of all duties and imposts laid by any state on imports or exports shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States, and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of congress. No state, shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
The district of Columbia and the territorial districts of the United States, are not states within the meaning of the Constitution and of the judiciary act, so as to enable a citizen thereof to sue a citizen of one of the states in the federal courts.
The several states composing the United States are sovereign and independent, in all things not surrendered to the national government by the Constitution, and are considered, on general principles, by each other as foreign states, yet their mutual relations are rather those of domestic independence, than of foreign alienation.
condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfill the obligations which are imposed upon him.
State is that quality which belongs to a person in society, and which secures to, and imposes upon him different rights and duties in consequence of the difference of that quality.
Although all men come from the hands of nature upon an equality, yet there are among them marked differences. It is from nature that come the distinctions of the sexes, fathers and children, of age and youth, etc.
The civil or municipal laws of each people, have added to these natural qualities, distinctions which are purely civil and arbitrary, founded on the manners of the people, or in the will of the legislature. Such are the differences, which these laws have established between citizens and aliens, between magistrates and subjects, and between freemen and slaves; and those which exist in some countries between nobles and plebeians, which differences are either unknown or contrary to natural law.
Although these latter distinctions are more particularly subject to the civil or municipal law, because to it they owe their origin, it nevertheless extends its authority over the natural qualities, not to destroy or to weaken them, but to confirm them and to render them more inviolable by positive rules and by certain maxims. This union of the civil or municipal and natural law, form among men a third species of differences which may be called mixed, because they participate of both, and derive their principles from nature and the perfection of the law; for example, infancy or the privileges which belong to it, have their foundation in natural law; but the age and the term of these prerogatives are determined by the civil or municipal law.
Three sorts of different qualities which form the state or condition of men may then be distinguished: those which are purely natural, those purely civil, and those which are composed of the natural and civil or municipal law.
To make known specifically; to explain particularly; as, to state an account, or to show the different items of an account; to state the cause of action in a declaration.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Any State of the U.S., the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the U.S., any political subdivision, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof. 18 USC
This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. In a more limited sense, the word `state' expresses merely the positive or actual organization of the legislative, or judicial powers; thus the actual government of the state is designated by the name of the state; hence the expression, the state has passed such a law, or prohibited such an act. State also means the section of territory occupied by a state, as the state of Pennsylvania.
By the word state is also meant, more particularly, one of the commonwealths which form the United States of America. The Constitution of the United States makes the following provisions in relation to the states.
- No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state. No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another, nor shall vessels bound to or from one state be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.
- No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.
- No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from, any king, prince, or foreign state.
- No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payments of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex-post-facto, or law impairing the obligation of contracts; or grant any title of nobility.
- No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws; and the net produce of all duties and imposts laid by any state on imports or exports shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States, and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of congress. No state, shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
The district of Columbia and the territorial districts of the United States, are not states within the meaning of the Constitution and of the judiciary act, so as to enable a citizen thereof to sue a citizen of one of the states in the federal courts.
The several states composing the United States are sovereign and independent, in all things not surrendered to the national government by the Constitution, and are considered, on general principles, by each other as foreign states, yet their mutual relations are rather those of domestic independence, than of foreign alienation.
condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfill the obligations which are imposed upon him.
State is that quality which belongs to a person in society, and which secures to, and imposes upon him different rights and duties in consequence of the difference of that quality.
Although all men come from the hands of nature upon an equality, yet there are among them marked differences. It is from nature that come the distinctions of the sexes, fathers and children, of age and youth, etc.
The civil or municipal laws of each people, have added to these natural qualities, distinctions which are purely civil and arbitrary, founded on the manners of the people, or in the will of the legislature. Such are the differences, which these laws have established between citizens and aliens, between magistrates and subjects, and between freemen and slaves; and those which exist in some countries between nobles and plebeians, which differences are either unknown or contrary to natural law.
Although these latter distinctions are more particularly subject to the civil or municipal law, because to it they owe their origin, it nevertheless extends its authority over the natural qualities, not to destroy or to weaken them, but to confirm them and to render them more inviolable by positive rules and by certain maxims. This union of the civil or municipal and natural law, form among men a third species of differences which may be called mixed, because they participate of both, and derive their principles from nature and the perfection of the law; for example, infancy or the privileges which belong to it, have their foundation in natural law; but the age and the term of these prerogatives are determined by the civil or municipal law.
Three sorts of different qualities which form the state or condition of men may then be distinguished: those which are purely natural, those purely civil, and those which are composed of the natural and civil or municipal law.
To make known specifically; to explain particularly; as, to state an account, or to show the different items of an account; to state the cause of action in a declaration.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
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State
A term of international law: those groups of people which have acquired international recognition as an independent country and which have four characteristics; permanent and large population with, generally, a common language; a defined and distinct territory; a nations to refer to what international law calls states. - (read more on State)
A term of international law: those groups of people which have acquired international recognition as an independent country and which have four characteristics; permanent and large population with, generally, a common language; a defined and distinct territory; a nations to refer to what international law calls states. - (read more on State)
| President's DNA Initiative Glossary |
State (SDIS)
State DNA Index System containing the state-level DNA records uploaded from local laboratory sites within the state. SDIS is the state's repository of DNA identification records and is under the control of state authorities. The SDIS laboratory serves as the central point of contact for access to NDIS. The DNA Analysis Unit I (DNAUI) serves as the SDIS laboratory for the FBI.
State DNA Index System containing the state-level DNA records uploaded from local laboratory sites within the state. SDIS is the state's repository of DNA identification records and is under the control of state authorities. The SDIS laboratory serves as the central point of contact for access to NDIS. The DNA Analysis Unit I (DNAUI) serves as the SDIS laboratory for the FBI.
State Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| EIA Energy Glossary |
State
One of the 50 States, including adjacent outer continental shelf areas, or the District of Columbia.
One of the 50 States, including adjacent outer continental shelf areas, or the District of Columbia.
| Aviation - English - Spintra.com |
State
space model. A mathematical relationship of a system in time using state variables, inputs, outputs, and constants; The state-space model is composed of n state variables (x sub 1 , x sub 2 , ..., x sub n), m input variables (u sub 1 , u sub 2 , ..., u sub m), k output variables (y sub 1 , y sub 2 , ..., y sub k), and four constants a, b, c, and d. Alternatively, a state-space model can be expressed with matrices. Compare: continuous-time equation, difference equation, differential equation, discrete-time equation, Laplace transform, Z transform;
space model. A mathematical relationship of a system in time using state variables, inputs, outputs, and constants; The state-space model is composed of n state variables (x sub 1 , x sub 2 , ..., x sub n), m input variables (u sub 1 , u sub 2 , ..., u sub m), k output variables (y sub 1 , y sub 2 , ..., y sub k), and four constants a, b, c, and d. Alternatively, a state-space model can be expressed with matrices. Compare: continuous-time equation, difference equation, differential equation, discrete-time equation, Laplace transform, Z transform;
| Technical English by wpv |
STATE
Refers to the form of a fluid, either liquid, gas or solid. Liquids used in environmental systems are water, thermal fluids such as ethylene glycol solutions, and refrigerants in the liquid state. Gases are steam, evaporated refrigerants and the air-water vapor mixture found in the atmosphere. Some substances, including commonly used refrigerants, may exist in any of three states. A simple example is water, which may be solid (ice), liquid (water), or gas (steam or water vapor).
Refers to the form of a fluid, either liquid, gas or solid. Liquids used in environmental systems are water, thermal fluids such as ethylene glycol solutions, and refrigerants in the liquid state. Gases are steam, evaporated refrigerants and the air-water vapor mixture found in the atmosphere. Some substances, including commonly used refrigerants, may exist in any of three states. A simple example is water, which may be solid (ice), liquid (water), or gas (steam or water vapor).
| Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems |
State
The state of a system at a given instant is the set of numerical values which its variables have at that instant. (Ashby, l960, p. l6)
Any well defined condition or property which can be recognized if it occurs again (Ashby) (see recognition ). States may be described in terms of the set of instantaneous values of all the variables of the system (Klir). States are mutually exclusive. Sequential machines occupy only one state at a time, others may have more than one (see computer S). (Krippendorff )
The state of a system at a given instant is the set of numerical values which its variables have at that instant. (Ashby, l960, p. l6)
Any well defined condition or property which can be recognized if it occurs again (Ashby) (see recognition ). States may be described in terms of the set of instantaneous values of all the variables of the system (Klir). States are mutually exclusive. Sequential machines occupy only one state at a time, others may have more than one (see computer S). (Krippendorff )
State Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms |
STATE
In lighting terms, a lighting "picture" ; each lighting cue results in a different state (or a modified state).
In lighting terms, a lighting "picture" ; each lighting cue results in a different state (or a modified state).
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| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
state
civitas, res publica
civitas, res publica
express state declare
effor
State Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Environmental Engineering (English ver.) |
State
The agency of the State or Tribal government which has jurisdiction over public water systems. During any period when a State or Tribal government does not have primary enforcement responsibility pursuant to Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, the term "State" means the Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The agency of the State or Tribal government which has jurisdiction over public water systems. During any period when a State or Tribal government does not have primary enforcement responsibility pursuant to Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, the term "State" means the Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
State Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Buddhism Glossary |
States of Existence
There are six states of existence (gati). The highest three are the gods, the asuras , and human beings; they result from good karma . The lowest three are animals, hungry ghosts , and demons (hell-dwellers); they result from bad karma. Some forms of Buddhism view the asuras as stemming from bad karma and other ignore them completely, having only five states of existence.
There are six states of existence (gati). The highest three are the gods, the asuras , and human beings; they result from good karma . The lowest three are animals, hungry ghosts , and demons (hell-dwellers); they result from bad karma. Some forms of Buddhism view the asuras as stemming from bad karma and other ignore them completely, having only five states of existence.
| A Glossary of Political Economy Terms |
State
A specialized type of political organization characterized by a full-time, specialized, professional work force of tax-collectors, soldiers, policemen, bureaucrats and the like that exercises supreme political authority over a defined territory with a permanent population, independent from any enduring external political control and possessing a local predominance of coercive power (always supplemented with moral and remunerative incentives as well) great enough to maintain general obedience to its laws or commands within its territorial borders. The first known states were created in ancient times in Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, Mexico and Peru, but it is only in relatively modern times that states have almost completely displaced alternative "stateless" forms of political organization of societies all over the planet. (Roving bands of hunter-gatherers and even fairly sizable and complex tribal societies based on herding or agriculture have existed without any full-time specialized state organization, and these "stateless" forms of political organization have in fact prevailed for all of the prehistory and much of the history of the human species.) One of the component territorial political units in a larger federal state that are so called because, although they actually fall short of full independent statehood or sovereignty, they still possess a very large degree of autonomy in decision-making with respect to most of their internal affairs and are thus also legally allowed to exercise various forms of coercion over their regional populations [Example -- the 50 states of the United States.].
[See also: nation state , legitimacy , incentives , legitimacy , incentives , ideology , confederation , federation , empire , republic , aristocracy , oligarchy , monarchy , dictatorship , democracy , anarchy , theocracy , autocracy , tyranny, bureaucracy , tax ]
A specialized type of political organization characterized by a full-time, specialized, professional work force of tax-collectors, soldiers, policemen, bureaucrats and the like that exercises supreme political authority over a defined territory with a permanent population, independent from any enduring external political control and possessing a local predominance of coercive power (always supplemented with moral and remunerative incentives as well) great enough to maintain general obedience to its laws or commands within its territorial borders. The first known states were created in ancient times in Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, Mexico and Peru, but it is only in relatively modern times that states have almost completely displaced alternative "stateless" forms of political organization of societies all over the planet. (Roving bands of hunter-gatherers and even fairly sizable and complex tribal societies based on herding or agriculture have existed without any full-time specialized state organization, and these "stateless" forms of political organization have in fact prevailed for all of the prehistory and much of the history of the human species.) One of the component territorial political units in a larger federal state that are so called because, although they actually fall short of full independent statehood or sovereignty, they still possess a very large degree of autonomy in decision-making with respect to most of their internal affairs and are thus also legally allowed to exercise various forms of coercion over their regional populations [Example -- the 50 states of the United States.].
[See also: nation state , legitimacy , incentives , legitimacy , incentives , ideology , confederation , federation , empire , republic , aristocracy , oligarchy , monarchy , dictatorship , democracy , anarchy , theocracy , autocracy , tyranny, bureaucracy , tax ]
| Glossary of Sociology |
STATE
Government institutions ruling over a given territory, whose authority is backed by law and the ability to use force.
Government institutions ruling over a given territory, whose authority is backed by law and the ability to use force.
State Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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State
A state is a political association with effective dominion over a geographic area. It usually includes the set of institutions that claim the authority to make the rules that govern the people of the society in that territory, though its status as a state often depends in part on being recognized by a number of other states as having internal and external sovereignty over it. In sociology, the state is normally identified with these institutions: in Max Weber's influential definition, it is that organization that has a "monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory," which may include the armed forces, civil service or state bureaucracy, courts, and police.
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