Federal law

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  • federal law
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  • A binding rule or body of rules established by a government that has been constituted as a union of independent political units or states.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Federal law is the body of law created by the federal government of a country. A federal government is formed when a group of political units, such as states or provinces join in a federation, delegating their individual sovereignty and many powers to the central government while retaining or reserving other limited powers. As a result, two or more levels of government exist within an established geographic territory. The body of law of the common central government is the federal law. Examples of federal governments include those of Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Malaysia, Pakistan, Republic of India, Russia, the former Soviet Union and the United States.

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Federal_law)