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  2. State | Definition, History, Figures, & Facts | Britannica

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    The state is a form of human association distinguished from other social groups by its purpose, the establishment of order and security; its methods, the laws and their enforcement; its territory, the area of jurisdiction or geographic boundaries; and finally by its sovereignty.

  3. What is the State | Terminology & Definitions - Political Thought

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    The state is the politically organized person or entity for the promotion of common ends and the satisfaction of common needs, while the government is the collective name for the agency, magistracy, or organization through which the will of the state is formulated, expressed, and realized.

  4. State (polity) - Wikipedia

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    A state is a political entity that regulates society and the population within a territory. [1] Government is considered to form the fundamental apparatus of contemporary states. [2] [3] A country often has a single state, with various administrative divisions.

  5. What Is A State? - WorldAtlas

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    A state is a politically organized territory ruled by a centralized government. A particular state covers a specified geographical sovereign territory. Independent organs are mandated to perform various functions in a given state. The organs are the executive, the judiciary, and the legislature.

  6. Differences Between a Country, State, and Nation - ThoughtCo

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    A state is a territory with its own institutions and populations. A sovereign state is a state with its own institutions and populations that has a permanent population, territory, and government. It must also have the right and capacity to make treaties and other agreements with other states.

  7. A state is a political division of a body of people that occupies a territory defined by frontiers. The state is sovereign in its territory (also referred to as jurisdiction) and has the authority to enforce a system of rules over the people living inside it.

  8. State Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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    The meaning of STATE is mode or condition of being. How to use state in a sentence.