in state

With pomp and ceremony, as in The foreign leaders were dining in state at the White House. This expression, dating from the late 1600s, also appears in lie in state, said of a dead body ceremoniously exposed to public view before being interred. This latter usage, dating from about 1700, is generally confined to important public figures, as in His Majesty lay in state in the palace.

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Unless separately appearing in state or federal court on criminal charges, people in civil immigration proceedings are typically not entitled to a court-appointed lawyer.

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He added that the defendants could spend between six and nine years in state prison, if found guilty on all counts.

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Few had experience working in state or federal government.

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Barnaby wants to see more grassroots investment in state schools and public parks to make the sport more accessible.

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His use of the term insurrectionists — echoed by others in the administration, including Stephen Miller, the president’s chief adviser on immigration — suggests the administration may be looking to invoke the Insurrection Act, a more powerful tool than Title 10 that could empower the president to suspend posse comitatus, an 1878 law that prohibits the use of federal law enforcement in state and local matters.

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