Article February 16, 1899 Issue

Our New Territories

Harvard Law Review

In order intelligently to answer the question of the standing of our new territories under the Federal Constitution, Professor Langdell ascertains that there are three meanings of the term "United States."

First. It is the collective name of the states united together by and under the Constitution, or, in other words, it means the same as the forty-five United States.

Second. It is the name of a sovereign, the body politic, a corporation aggregate.

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