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states' rights

DEFINITIONS OF: states' rights

1

n the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution

Type of:
right
an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature

n a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states

Types:
nullification
the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress
Type of:
doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
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