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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  California
       n : a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd
           largest state; known for earthquakes [syn: {Golden State},
            {CA}, {Calif.}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  CALIFORNIA. The name of one of the states of the United States. It was 
  admitted into the Union, by an Act of Congress, passed the 9th September, 
  1850, entitled "An act for the admission of the state of California into the 
  Union." 
       Sec. 1. This section enacts and declares that the state of California 
  shall be one of the United States, and admitted into the Union on an equal 
  footing with the original states, in all respects whatever. 
       Sec. 2. Enacts that the state of California shall be entitled to two 
  representatives, until the representatives in Congress shall be apportioned 
  according to the actual enumeration of the inhabitants, of the United 
  States. 
       Sec. 3. By this section a condition is expressly imposed on the said 
  state that the people thereof shall never interfere with the primary 
  disposal of the public lands within its limits, nor pass any law, nor do any 
  act, whereby the title of the United States to, and right to dispose of the 
  same, shall be impaired or questioned. It also provides that they shall 
  never lay any tax, or assessment of any description whatever, upon the 
  public domain of the United States; and that in no case shall non-resident 
  proprietors, who are citizens of the United States, be taxed higher than 
  residents; that all navigable waters within the said state shall be common 
  highways, forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said state, as to 
  citizens of the United States, without any tax, impost or duty therefor; 
  with this proviso, viz., that nothing contained in the act shall be 
  construed as recognizing or rejecting the propositions tendered by the 
  people of California, as articles of compact in the ordinance adopted by the 
  convention which formed the constitution of that state. 
       2. The principal features of the constitution, of California, are 
  similar to those of most, of the recently formed state constitutions. It 
  establishes an elective judiciary, and: confers on the executive a qualified 
  veto. It prohibits the creation of a state debt exceeding $300,000. It 
  provides for the protection of the homestead from execution, and secures the 
  property of married females separate from that of their husbands. It makes a 
  liberal provision for the support of schools, prohibits the legislature from 
  granting divorces, authorizing lotteries, and creating corporations, except 
  by general laws, and from establishing any bank's of issue or circulation. 
  It provides also that every stockholder of a corporation or joint-stock 
  association, shall be individually and personally liable for his proportion 
  of all its, debts or liabilities. There is also a clause prohibiting 
  slavery, which, it is said, was inserted by the unanimous vote of the 
  delegates. 
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  California, KY (city, FIPS 11872)
    Location: 38.91965 N, 84.26262 W
    Population (1990): 130 (43 housing units)
    Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 41007
  California, MD (CDP, FIPS 12150)
    Location: 38.29615 N, 76.49616 W
    Population (1990): 7626 (2907 housing units)
    Area: 33.4 sq km (land), 4.9 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 20619
  California, MO (city, FIPS 10468)
    Location: 38.63157 N, 92.56678 W
    Population (1990): 3465 (1562 housing units)
    Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 65018
  California, PA (borough, FIPS 10768)
    Location: 40.06625 N, 79.91078 W
    Population (1990): 5748 (2038 housing units)
    Area: 28.6 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 15419

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  California, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
     Population (2000):    5274
     Housing Units (2000): 2092
     Land area (2000):     11.029312 sq. miles (28.565785 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.199664 sq. miles (0.517127 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    11.228976 sq. miles (29.082912 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            10768
     Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
     Location:             40.065313 N, 79.897120 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     15419
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      California, PA
      California
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  California, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
     Population (2000):    86
     Housing Units (2000): 27
     Land area (2000):     0.240097 sq. miles (0.621849 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.357012 sq. miles (0.924656 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.597109 sq. miles (1.546505 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            11872
     Located within:       Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
     Location:             38.919144 N, 84.263381 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     41007
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      California, KY
      California
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  California, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland
     Population (2000):    9307
     Housing Units (2000): 3735
     Land area (2000):     12.920767 sq. miles (33.464632 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    1.874676 sq. miles (4.855388 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    14.795443 sq. miles (38.320020 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            12150
     Located within:       Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
     Location:             38.305506 N, 76.494517 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     20619
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      California, MD
      California
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  California, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
     Population (2000):    4005
     Housing Units (2000): 1766
     Land area (2000):     2.994868 sq. miles (7.756673 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.011812 sq. miles (0.030592 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    3.006680 sq. miles (7.787265 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            10468
     Located within:       Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
     Location:             38.630093 N, 92.568273 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     65018
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      California, MO
      California
  

















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