Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Articles of confederation
the instrument that governed the association of the 13 original states from march 1, 1781 until the adoption of the u.s. constitution. ( they were prepared by the continental congress, submitted to the states in 1777, and later ratified by representatives of the states empowered by their respective legislatures for that purpose.
Confederation
A league or union of states or nations, each of which retains its sovereignty but also delegates some rights and powers to a central authority. Cf. FEDERATION.
Federation
A league or union of states, groups, or peoples arranged with a strong central authority and limited regional sovereignties -though the individual states, groups, or peoples may retain rights of varying degrees. Cf. CONFEDERATION.
american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations
a voluntary affiliation of more than 100 labor unions that operate autonomously yet benefit from the affiliation's political activities and its establishment of broad policies for the national labor movement. - abbr. afl-cio.
confederation of states
A confederation involving a central government that exists and exercises certain powers but does not control all the external relations of the member states. 0 For international purposes there exists not one but a number of states. Cf. federal state under STATE.