This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol12 International Law, Conflict Of Laws, Spanish-American Laws, Legal Ethics", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
The title of this section is used to designate all the various classes of states or political bodies which, although they fail to possess all the attributes of sovereign states, still possess certain of these attributes in a greater of less degree. Under this head will be included:
(a) Members of a confederation.
(b) Protectorates.
(c) Suzerainties.
(d) Colonies.
(e) Neutralized States.
(f) Belligerents.
 
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