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 Capitalize— :Holy Roman Empire, German Empire, French Republic, Indian Territory, Middlesex County, City of Mexico, New York City, Washington City.


 * (b) When, with the preposition of, it is used as an integral part of the name, or to indicate certain administrative subdivisions in the United States; as, Empire of Russia, Duchy of Anhalt, State of Massachusetts, Borough of the Bronx (but not [sic] the boroughs of Greater New York).


 * (c) When used singly as the accepted designation for a specific division, as, the Union, the States, the Republic, the Dominion (of Canada).


 * (d) When it is part of a fanciful or popular appellation used as if it were a real geographical name; as, Keystone State, Garden City, Holy Land, etc.

Titles of specific charters, treaties, statutes, etc.; as, Magna Charta, Constitution (of the United States, when standing alone or referred to as a document), Articles of Confederation, Bill of Rights, Treaty of Paris, Statute of Frauds, Interstate Commerce Act.

Conventions, congresses, expositions, etc.; as, Council of Nice, Parliament of Religions, Peace Congress, Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

Government and Administration, used as nouns, when referring to a definite group of officials exercising executive or administrative powers, or when used to indicate the legislative, executive, and judicial powers taken together; the word State or States, when used as a noun, referring to any of the States of the United States, or to a subdivision of any foreign country having the title State; but state and government, when used as adjectives, as in state election, government monopoly, should not be capitalized.

The names of all governmental departments and their branches, and of all legislative, judicial, and administrative bodies; as, the Executive, the Department of Justice, the Treasury Department, the Cabinet, Congress, Parliament, the Reichstag, the Corps Législatif, the Senate, the House (of Representatives or Commons), the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Census Bureau, the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Synonyms of the flag of a nation; as, the Stars and Stripes,