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  2. Title 13 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    This article is part of a series on the United States Code United States Code Title 1 - General Provisions Title 2 - The Congress Title 3 - The President Title 4 - Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees Title 6 - Domestic Security Title 7 - Agriculture Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality Title 9 - Arbitration Title 10 - Armed Forces Title ...

  3. States' rights - Wikipedia

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    This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary ...

  4. List of U.S. state statutory codes - Wikipedia

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    Most states use a single official code divided into numbered titles. Pennsylvania's official codification is still in progress. California, New York, and Texas use separate subject-specific codes (or in New York's case, "Consolidated Laws") which must be separately cited by name.

  5. United States Code - Wikipedia

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    The title itself has been enacted. By contrast, a non-positive law title is a title that has not been codified into federal law, and is instead merely an editorial compilation of individually enacted federal statutes. [15] By law, those titles of the United States Code that have not been enacted into positive law are "prima facie evidence" [16 ...

  6. State law (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The law of most of the states is based on the common law of England; the notable exception is Louisiana, whose civil law is largely based upon French and Spanish law.The passage of time has led to state courts and legislatures expanding, overruling, or modifying the common law; as a result, the laws of any given state invariably differ from the laws of its sister states.

  7. List of U.S. state constitutional provisions allowing self ...

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    Const Bill of Rights § 14 "Every subject of this state is entitled to a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries he may receive in his person, property or character; to obtain right and justice freely, without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial, promptly, and without delay; conformably to ...

  8. Titles of Nobility Amendment - Wikipedia

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    If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive or retain, any title of nobility or honour, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of ...

  9. Taxpayer Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

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    The Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act (20 ILCS 2520), [29] is a provision of Illinois state law. [30] It is broken up into seven sections throughout the act. Section 1 is stating the name of the act. Section 2 is Legislative Declaration and states "The General Assembly further finds that the Illinois tax system is based largely on self-assessment."