in state

Idioms  

1. With pomp and ceremony, as in The foreign leaders were dining in state at the White House. This expression, dating from the late 1600s, also appears in lie in state, said of a dead body ceremoniously exposed to public view before being interred. This latter usage, dating from about 1700, is generally confined to important public figures, as in His Majesty lay in state in the palace.

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Example Sentences

“You’d lose in state court and your firm would be blackballed. No business client would want to be represented in a California court by a firm that went after one of the state’s highest-ranking officials. That’s just not going to happen.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Beneath moss-covered cinder blocks, dilapidated stone markers, and a handful of headstones, more than 200 children who died in state custody between the 1870s and 1930s are buried.

From Slate

Just adjacent to the facility, still in operation today, is a haunting reminder of the past: the graves of more than 200 children who died in state custody.

From Slate

Trial lawyers, colleges, athletes and their boosters in state governments took Justice Kavanaugh’s cue.

From The Wall Street Journal

Most AI fabrications may not even come to the attention of litigants or judges, especially in state courts.

From Los Angeles Times