- State abbreviations
State abbreviations may refer to:
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List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation
*United States postal abbreviations
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State abbreviations
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state — n often attrib 1 a: a politically organized body of people usu. occupying a definite territory; esp: one that is sovereign b: the political organization that has supreme civil authority and political power and serves as the basis of government… … Law dictionary
state action — n 1: an action that is either taken directly by the state or bears a sufficient connection to the state to be attributed to it ◇ State actions are subject to judicial scrutiny for violations of the rights to due process and equal protection… … Law dictionary
state's evidence — n: a participant or accomplice in a crime who gives evidence to the prosecution esp. in return for a reduced sentence used chiefly in the phrase turn state s evidence Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. state s evidence … Law dictionary
state lottery — A game of chance operated by a state government. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. state lottery A game of chance operated by a state government … Law dictionary
state courts — Judicial tribunals established by each of the fifty states. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. state courts Judicial tribunals established by each of the fifty states … Law dictionary
state interest — A broad term for any matter of public concern that is addressed by a government in law or policy. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. state interest A broad term for any matter of … Law dictionary
ABBREVIATIONS — The abbreviation of words originated in antiquity, probably soon after the alphabet developed from ideographic pictures. While originally rare, their use increased with the general growth in the transmission of ideas by writing. They relieved the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PENN STATE — Pennsylvania State University (Academic & Science » Universities) … Abbreviations dictionary
List of U. S. postal abbreviations — The following is a list of abbreviations used by the United States Postal Service. They are used to help the postal service process mail with optical character recognition and other automated equipment.United States Postal Service [http://pe.usps … Wikipedia
Canadian subnational postal abbreviations — This is a list of Canadian provincial and territorial postal abbreviations. Canada Post currently uses a code system of two capital letters to represent the 13 provinces and territories on addressed mail. These abbreviations allow automated… … Wikipedia
