Federal

Definition of Federal

Meaning of federal, related to United States investment and financial law, in the American Legal Dictionary. See also related words and terms of federal below.

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Further Reading

• Information about federal in: John Downes and Jordan Elliot Goodman, “Dictionary of finance and investment terms” (Hauppauge, New York, Barron's, 2014)
• Information about federal in: Jerry Martin Rosenberg, “Dictionary of investing” (New York, Wiley)
• Information about federal in: Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary

Federal

In the Past

This term is commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states.

Developments

In the United States of America the central government (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) of the Union is federal. The constitution (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) was adopted “to form a more perfect union” among the states, for the purpose of self-protection and for the promotion of their mutual happiness. [1]

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Notes and References

1. Partialy, this information about federal is based on the Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier's Law Dictionary, including federal.

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