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/fˈɛdərəl/ /fˈɛdrəl/ Listen

adjective

Federal adj.

Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations; constituted by a compact between parties, usually governments or their representatives. "The Romans compelled them, contrary to all federal right,... to part with Sardinia."

Specifically:

(a)

Composed of states or districts which retain only a subordinate and limited sovereignty, as the Union of the United States, or the Sonderbund of Switzerland.

(b)

Consisting or pertaining to such a government; as, the Federal Constitution; a Federal officer.

(c)

Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist.

Federal Congress. See under Congress.

noun

Federal n. See Federalist.

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Etymology of 'Federal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Federal" Quotes from Famous Books

... sending a guard to the airship, other men, some of them hastily summoned from the nearest federal agency, were sent to keep watch in the vicinity of the lonely cabin. They had orders to arrest whoever approached, and a relay of the men was provided, so that watch could be kept up night and day. Besides this, other men from the Secret Service began ...

— Tom Swift and his Air Scout - or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky • Victor Appleton

... they often prevent the development of good social conditions in very large areas. As a rule they are extremely fertile. They are capable of sustaining an agricultural population numbering many millions, and the conditions under which these millions must live are a matter of national concern. The Federal Government should act to the fullest extent of its constitutional powers in the reclamation of these lands under proper safeguards against speculative ...

— Three Acres and Liberty • Bolton Hall

... a Podesta, a magistrate identical, in name and functions, with the chief officer of the Italian republics. There was sometimes but one Podesta; sometimes one for each province. He was chosen by the people, took oath of fidelity to the separate estates, or, if Podesta-general, to the federal diet, and was generally elected for a limited term, although sometimes for life. He was assisted by a board of eighteen or twenty councillors. The deputies to the general congress were chosen by popular suffrage in Easter-week. ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... and the judge and the general sustaining the squire's rather peppery assertion to the courteous but vilely inconvincible commodore, that certain new laws of Congress must be upheld with all the national power, Yankee mobs be squarely shot into and their leaders hanged, or the Federal Union would not long be worth ...

— Gideon's Band - A Tale of the Mississippi • George W. Cable

... in 1882 at Columbus. The Federal Hatch Act permitting this type of organization was passed in 1887; thus Ohio was five years ahead of the Federal Act. In 1892, the station was moved from Columbus to Wooster. The state act provided that an experiment station should be located within fifty miles of Columbus, but ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report • Various

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