state (law)

The term State has several meanings in law:in private international law and conflict of laws, State can refer to a well-defined jurisdiction, with its own set of laws and courts. This jurisdiction may either be a soverign independent State, or a part (State, province, territory, etc.) of such a State.in public international law, State most commonly refers to a sovereign State which is a direct subject of international law
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State law in the United States, is the law of each separate U.S. state, as passed by the state legislature (and signed into law by the state governor). It exists in parallel, and sometimes in conflict with, United States federal law. These disputes are often resolved by the federal courts, and at least once during the American Civil War.
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