interposition

interposition, n.

1. The act of submitting something (such as a pleading or motion) as a defense to an opponent’s claim.

2. Archaic. The action of a state, while exercising its sovereignty, in rejecting a federal mandate that it believes is unconstitutional or overreaching. • The Supreme Court has declared that interposition is an illegal defiance of constitutional authority. — interpose, vb.

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