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intrastate

intrastate

1 6.6
Happens within one state and not across state lines
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntrəˈsteɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : intraestatal
  • Personal jurisdiction was not at issue in Stanley, which was a wholly intrastate Illinois dependency case.
  • intrastate commerce
  • intrastate conflict
  • intrastate activity

Examples

  • More importantly, it is not apparent why Congress would need to regulate intrastate waters in this way to facilitate interstate commerce.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Accordingly, Gibbons suggests that, although Congress can regulate navigation between states, purely intrastate commerce is considered beyond its reach.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Perhaps most problematic is the intrastate conflict in Illinois.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Instead, each state has been allowed to devise its own intrastate funding formula.

    Academic text (1991)
  • First, the interstate and intrastate natural gas markets were unified and placed under a common regulatory scheme.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Interstate and intrastate transactions were treated evenhandedly under the Washington tax scheme.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Merging these powers under one agency profoundly shaped the intrastate power balance.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Intrastate population shift changed the demographic and linguistic character of previously Anglo-American dominated towns.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Examples of discriminatory taxation include taxes that provide a direct commercial advantage to an intrastate business and taxes that act as a tariff on interstate commerce.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Many states enforce regulations on intrastate transportation to ensure safety within their borders.

Antonyms

1 4.0

Relating to two or more states within the same country

Surface Forms

intrastate positive

Morphology

intrastate = state (transparent) = intra + state

Formed by the productive combining prefix 'intra-' meaning 'within' plus 'state', directly yielding 'within a single state'.

Etymology

The word intrastate comes from the prefix intra- meaning 'within' and state meaning 'a region with its own government'. So an intrastate activity happens 'within' a single state, not between states.