Sentence examples for states definitions from inspiring English sources

The National Centre for Educational Statistics (NCES), a federal body, looked at how the states' definitions of "proficiency" at maths and reading compared with its own rigorous one.

The fact that there are any recipients at all of Medicaid-financed services among this group of homeowners may be due to the exclusion of owner-occupied housing from some states' definitions of countable assets [ 13].

There was also a deference to states' definition of marriage.

"That principle to federal deference of state definitions has to go both ways," Sprigg said.

But in fact, the law thwarts consistency by accepting some state definitions of marriage and rejecting others.

Historically, Congress has deferred to state definitions of marriage, and several federal courts have invalidated the law on these grounds of federalism.

The cases presented to the court range from complaints against state adoption policies for same-sex couples, state definitions of marriage and state bans on recognising same-sex marriages conducted out-of-state.

At the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Windsor's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, will tell the justices that the federal government, throughout the nation's history, has always deferred to state definitions of marriage, because regulating marriage is a state function.

Using employment as an example, state definitions vary to include some combination of public and/or private sector jobs and whether sexual orientation and/or gender identity was included.

These ideas should stem originally from the product idea and stated definitions of the design problem.

The purpose of this section is to state definitions that will be referred throughout this article.