• In the United States, state law refers to the law of each separate U.S. state. The fifty states are separate sovereigns, with their own state constitutions...
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  • Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition. State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia...
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    The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the nation's Constitution, which...
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  • In the United States, there are both federal and state laws prohibiting treason. Treason is defined on the federal level in Article III, Section 3 of the...
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    abortion in the United States and the various restrictions imposed on the procedure vary significantly depending on the laws of each state or other jurisdiction...
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  • In the United States, the right to keep and bear arms is modulated by a variety of state and federal statutes. These laws generally regulate the manufacture...
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    the United States which include local police departments, county sheriff's offices, state troopers, and federal law enforcement agencies. The law enforcement...
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    United States nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds United States nationality. In the United States, nationality is typically...
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    residents out of state.[citation needed] State by state: Data on cousin marriage in the United States are sparse. It was estimated in 1960 that 0.2% of...
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  • The constitutional law of the United States is the body of law governing the interpretation and implementation of the United States Constitution. The subject...
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    In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of mostly federal laws that regulate the conduct and organization of businesses in order to promote...
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  • The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture...
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  • United States, extradition law is a collection of federal laws that regulate extradition, the formal process by which a fugitive found in the United States...
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    United States corporate law regulates the governance, finance and power of corporations in US law. Every state and territory has its own basic corporate...
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    The United States has separate federal, state, and local governments with taxes imposed at each of these levels. Taxes are levied on income, payroll,...
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    The United States has inherited sodomy laws which constitutionally outlawed a variety of sexual acts that are deemed to be illegal, illicit, unlawful...
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    United States labor law sets the rights and duties for employees, labor unions, and employers in the US. Labor law's basic aim is to remedy the "inequality...
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  • In the United States, state governments are institutional units exercising functions of government at a level below that of the federal government. Each...
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    trusts in the United States is now statutory at the state level. In August 2004, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws created the...
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    federal protection under the Lanham Act 43(a). United States law has protected trademarks under state common law since colonial times, but it was not until...
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    This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial...
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  • in the second degree". New York State Senate. Retrieved September 10, 2017. "Assisted Suicide Laws in the United States". Patients Rights Council. January...
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  • Laws regarding incest in the United States vary widely between jurisdictions regarding both the definition of the offense and penalties for its commission...
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