单词 | state government |
释义 | > as lemmasstate government state government n. the government of a nation or state; now spec. (also with capital initial(s)) the government of one of the states of the United States of America, the Commonwealth of Australia, etc. (sometimes as distinct from the federal or national government). ΚΠ 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece Argt. sig. A2v With one consent..the Tarquins were all exiled, and the state gouernment [of Rome] changed from Kings to Consuls. View more context for this quotation 1692 A. Shields Hist. Scotch-presbytery 23 Having thus overturned the Church-Government..the King proceeds in his Design, to pervert..the..Constitution of the State-Government also. 1790 T. Jefferson Let. 20 June in J. P. Boyd Papers XVI. (1961) 537 There will be the objection still that Congress must then lay taxes for these debts which could have been much better laid and collected by the state governments. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. I. i. 65 The Michiganians were in the singular position of having a state government in full operation, while they were excluded from the Union. 1919 J. Quick Legislative Powers Commonw. & States Austral. v. v. 906 The right of State Governments to import goods is subject to the customs laws of the Commonwealth. 1990 Hindu (Madras) 16 Jan. 3/2 An increase in the..cash awards given by the State Government for encouraging Tamil writers. 2009 S. W. Schmidt et al. Amer. Govt. & Politics Today (Texas ed.) vi. xxv. 874 Operation of prisons and jails, highway construction and repair,..and the proposed ownership..of the Trans Texas Corridor are just a few examples of private contractors performing state government functions. < as lemmas |
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