<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id370a1ecc-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s27"><num value="27">§ 27.</num><heading> Definitions</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The terms “State” and “States,” as used in this chapter, shall be held to include the District of Columbia.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id370a1ecd-3271-11e3-ab2f-8f7fedb88afd">(<ref href="/us/act/1918-07-09/ch143">July 9, 1918, ch. 143</ref>, ch. XV, § 8, <ref href="/us/stat/40/887">40 Stat. 887</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<heading class="centered smallCaps">References in Text</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">This chapter, referred to in text, means chapter XV of <ref href="/us/act/1918-07-09/ch143">act July 9, 1918, ch. 143</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/40/887">40 Stat. 887</ref>, which, insofar as classified to the Code, enacted sections 24 to 27 of this title and amended <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s28">section 28 of this title</ref>. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.</p>
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