1.   Nearly a thousand federal statutes use the term spouse or Marriage.

2.   The governor had not requested federal aid and, in their view, no federal statute had been violated.

3.   Although reliable statistics remain elusive, legal experts say most cases have been prosecuted under various state laws rather than the federal statute.

4.   Another federal statute used against gun traffickers prohibits anyone from transferring or selling a gun without a license.

5.   As a matter of national policy, some things -- like civil rights -- are local responsibilities but governed by federal statute.

6.   At foreclosure hearings, he started quoting old federal statutes, started quoting them to farmagents who looked at him as if he were speaking Mandarin.

7.   Blocking access to an abortion clinic is already prohibited under federal law, but the federal statute is not often used.

8.   Both men were charged under the federal statute that makes it illegal for a convicted felon to possess ammunition or firearms.

9.   A federal statute says that interest from federal obligations such as T-bills must be free of all state income taxes.

10.   A federal appeals court, however, said the federal statute is a banking law, while the state rule is an insurance law.