states' rights

Noun

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Noun (2)

  1. a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual statesType of doctrine, philosophyKinds nullification
  2. the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitutionType of right
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

State rights, States' rights

the rights of the several independent States, as distinguished from the rights of the Federal government. It has been a question as to what rights have been vested in the general government. U.S.

From the entry State.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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