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  2. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    Definition National government: The government of a nation-state and is a characteristic of a unitary state. This is the same thing as a federal government which may have distinct powers at various levels authorized or delegated to it by its member states, though the adjective 'central' is sometimes used to describe it. The structure of central ...

  3. Medora de Vallombrosa, Marquise de Morès - Wikipedia

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    Her younger sister, Pauline Grymes, was married to the wealthy German industrialist Baron Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm whose family owned the Neunkirchen Iron and Steelworks in 1878. [3] Her nephew was the German diplomat Ferdinand Carl von Stumm , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] who married another American heiress, Constance Hoyt (daughter of Solicitor General ...

  4. Baylis v. Travelers' Insurance Co. - Wikipedia

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    Baylis v. Travelers' Insurance Company, 113 U.S. 316 (1885), was a case where after close of testimony in a trial, the defendant moved to dismiss on the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain a verdict. This motion was denied and the plaintiff asked that the case be submitted to the jury to determine the facts on the evidence.

  5. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The full name of the republic is the "United States of America". No other name appears in the Constitution, and this is the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases to which the nation is a party. The terms "Government of the United States of America" or "United States Government" are often used in official documents to ...

  6. Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada - Wikipedia

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    Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada , 305 U.S. 337 (1938), was a United States Supreme Court decision holding that states which provided a school to white students had to provide in-state education to Black students as well.

  7. Head Money Cases - Wikipedia

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    The Head Money Cases, 112 U.S. 580 (1884), also referred to as Edye v. Robertson , were a group of cases decided together by the United States Supreme Court . [ 1 ]

  8. Implied powers - Wikipedia

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    In the case of the United States Government, implied powers are powers Congress exercises that the Constitution does not explicitly define, but are necessary and proper to execute the powers. The legitimacy of these Congressional powers is derived from the Taxing and Spending Clause, the Necessary and Proper Clause, and the Commerce Clause.

  9. Dames & Moore v. Regan - Wikipedia

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    Dames & Moore v. Regan , 453 U.S. 654 (1981), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with President Jimmy Carter 's Executive Order 12170 , which froze Iranian assets in the United States on November 14, 1979, in response to the Iran hostage crisis , which began on November 4, 1979.