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" A State, in the ordinary sense of the Constitution, is a political community of free citizens occupying a territory of defined boundaries, and organized under a government sanctioned and limited by a written constitution, and established by the consent... "
Religion and the State, Or, The Bible and the Public Schools - Page 143
by Samuel Thayer Spear - 1876 - 393 pages
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The North American Review, Volume 164

1897 - 812 pages
...The Supreme Court has, since the end of the Civil War, defined a State in our Union of States as " a political community of free citizens, occupying...constitution, and established by the consent of the governed." In the same opinion, after declaring that the perpetuity and indissolubility of the Union by no means...
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United States Reports: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme ..., Volume 7

United States. Supreme Court - 1869 - 802 pages
...state most frequently expresses the combined idea just noticed, of people, territory, and government.- A state, in the ordinary sense of the Constitution,...constitution, and established by the consent of the governed. It is the union of such states, under a common constitution, which forms the distinct and greater political...
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The American Law Register, Volume 8

1869 - 820 pages
...state most frequently expresses the combined idea just noticed of people, territory, and government. A state, in the ordinary sense of the Constitution,...constitution, and established by the consent of the governed. 3. But the term is also used to express the idea of a people or political community as distinguished...
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A Political Manual for 1869: Including a Classified Summary of the Important ...

Edward McPherson - 1869 - 144 pages
...State most frequently expresses the combined idea just noticed, of people, territory, and government. A State, in the ordinary sense of the Constitution, is a political Ťommunity of free citizens, occupying a territory of defined boundaries, and organized under a government...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 74

United States. Supreme Court - 1870 - 800 pages
...state most frequently expresses the combined idea just noticed, of people, territory, and government. A state, in the ordinary sense of the Constitution,...community of free citizens, occupying a territory of denned boundaries, and organized under a government sanctioned and limited by a written constitution,...
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A Handbook of Politics for 1868 [to 1894]

Edward McPherson - 1872
...State most frequently expresses the combined idea just noticed, of people, territory, and government. A State, in the ordinary sense of the Constitution, is a political Ťommunity of free citizens, occupying a territory of defined boundaries, and organized under a government...
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Notes on Historical Evidence in Reference to Adverse Theories of the Origin ...

John Brown Dillon - 1871 - 148 pages
...State most frequently expresses the comlbined idea just noticed, of people, territory, and government. A State, in the ordinary sense of the Constitution,...organized under a government sanctioned and limited Tby a written constitution, and established by the consent of the governed. It is the union of such...
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Notes on Historical Evidence in Reference to Adverse Theories of the Origin ...

John Brown Dillon - 1871 - 156 pages
...State most frequently expresses the combined idea just noticed, of people, territory, and government. A State, in the ordinary sense of the Constitution,...political community of free citizens, occupying a territxfcy of defined boundaries, and organized under a government sanctioned and limited by a written...
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Legal Tender Cases of 1871: Decision of the Supreme Court of the United ...

United States. Supreme Court - 1872 - 192 pages
...State most frequently expresses the combined idea just noticed, of people, territory, and government. A State, in the ordinary sense of the Constitution,...constitution, and established by the consent of the governed. But the term is also used to express the idea of a people or political community, as distinguished...
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The Southern Law Review: And Chart of the Southern Law and ..., Volume 3

1874 - 752 pages
...communities of free citizens or electors. "A State," " ^it court, " in the ordinary sense of the (Federal) Constitution, is a political community of free citizens,...Constitution, and established by the consent of the governed. It is the union of such States, under a common Constitution, which forms the distinct and greater political...
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