SEC. 1-3-55. United States.
The term "United States," when used in any statute, shall include the District of Columbia and the territories, as well as the states of the union.
SOURCES: Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 5; 1871, Sec. 2934; 1880, Sec. 14; 1892, Sec. 1517; 1906, Sec. 1598; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 1365; 1930, Sec. 1389; 1942, Sec. 697.