Secession of the South 〈美〉脱离联邦 1860年美国南方11州脱离联邦，组成美国邦联〔confederate states of America〕，引发了1861-1865年的内战，并产生了许多影响州与联邦政府关系及战前、战中公民经合同约定的权利的决定，而最重要的是有关脱离权〔power or right〕的决定。脱离权是指组成联邦的州从联邦中退出的权利。但是联邦是永久的且不可分解的，州不享有退出的权利，州不能脱离联邦而破坏其作为州的地位、也不能使其不受联邦宪法的约束。
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secession. The process or act of withdrawing, esp. from a religious or political association (the secession from the established church) (the secession of 11 states at the time of the Civil War).
war. 1. Hostile conflict by means of armed forces, carried on between nations, states, or rulers, or sometimes between parties within the same nation or state; a period of such conflict (the Gulf War). • A state of war may also exist without armed conflict; for example, the treaty formally ending the World War II
An internal armed conflict between people of the same nation; esp. (usu. cap.), the war from 1861 to 1865, resulting from the Confederate states’ attempted secession from the Union.
dismemberment. 1. The cutting off of a limb or body part. 2. Int’l law. The disappearance of a country as a result of a treaty or an annexation, whereby it becomes part of one or more other countries. 3. Int’l law. The reduction of a country’s territory by annexation or cession, or the secession of