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		Definition of confederal in English: confederaladjective kənˈfɛd(ə)r(ə)lkənˈfedərəl Relating to or denoting a confederation.  Example sentencesExamples -  There is no single state, even confederal, of the North.
 -  An appellate system is more characteristic of a developed federal or confederal legal system, and it could be argued that the EC is ready for such a change.
 -  The symbolic reiteration of traditional objectives dispensed with, it went on to suggest more seriously a federal or confederal state, and joint authority as alternatives.
 -  The Transnistrian stance did not change much from the previous position favoring a confederal approach.
 -  If it could reform rapidly enough to gain legitimacy from its own population, unification could be confederal.
 -  Others are confederal or consociational, explicitly preserving in legal form some social identities within themselves.
 -  Some would say loose-knit states, such as Canada or Switzerland, mostly confederal in character.
 -  Although the specifics of the debate have changed, the nature of the debate between the parties, such as whether the plan should be conceived as a federal or confederal solution, has remained the same.
 -  He concludes by recommending the establishment of federal or confederal representative governments as a means of maintaining some degree of democracy.
 -  The confederal government shall have various administrative functions.
 -  The urge toward division which principally threatens large multinational states of a federal or confederal nature has not spared even the earliest ‘civilized’ and centralized states of Europe.
 -  France and the UK want a confederal Europe, with states retaining power and Europe run by the Council of Europe, made up of the Prime Ministers of the member states.
 -  On the whole, as Defranceschi explains, Paoli's idea of union was of a federal or rather confederal kind.
 -  Federal, quasifederal, and confederal constitutions aren't perfect by any means, and there are plenty of bad precedents to point to in constructing an argument against them.
 -  That means that it should be federal or confederal, and the component units should have independent taxing and spending authority.
 -  The proposed constitution prompted widespread debate arguments addressing the benefits and risks of federalism versus confederal arrangements, leading eventually to the Constitution taking effect in 1789.
 
 
 Origin   Late 18th century: from confederation, on the pattern of federal.    Definition of confederal in US English: confederaladjectivekənˈfedərəl Relating to or denoting a confederation.  Example sentencesExamples -  The symbolic reiteration of traditional objectives dispensed with, it went on to suggest more seriously a federal or confederal state, and joint authority as alternatives.
 -  He concludes by recommending the establishment of federal or confederal representative governments as a means of maintaining some degree of democracy.
 -  If it could reform rapidly enough to gain legitimacy from its own population, unification could be confederal.
 -  Federal, quasifederal, and confederal constitutions aren't perfect by any means, and there are plenty of bad precedents to point to in constructing an argument against them.
 -  On the whole, as Defranceschi explains, Paoli's idea of union was of a federal or rather confederal kind.
 -  Others are confederal or consociational, explicitly preserving in legal form some social identities within themselves.
 -  The proposed constitution prompted widespread debate arguments addressing the benefits and risks of federalism versus confederal arrangements, leading eventually to the Constitution taking effect in 1789.
 -  There is no single state, even confederal, of the North.
 -  An appellate system is more characteristic of a developed federal or confederal legal system, and it could be argued that the EC is ready for such a change.
 -  Although the specifics of the debate have changed, the nature of the debate between the parties, such as whether the plan should be conceived as a federal or confederal solution, has remained the same.
 -  The urge toward division which principally threatens large multinational states of a federal or confederal nature has not spared even the earliest ‘civilized’ and centralized states of Europe.
 -  That means that it should be federal or confederal, and the component units should have independent taxing and spending authority.
 -  Some would say loose-knit states, such as Canada or Switzerland, mostly confederal in character.
 -  France and the UK want a confederal Europe, with states retaining power and Europe run by the Council of Europe, made up of the Prime Ministers of the member states.
 -  The confederal government shall have various administrative functions.
 -  The Transnistrian stance did not change much from the previous position favoring a confederal approach.
 
 
 Origin   Late 18th century: from confederation, on the pattern of federal.     |