Quote Originally Posted by allodial View Post
Old news, there is definitely a difference between "University of New York" and "New York University". If you take a gander across states, you'll likely find that there are often dual university systems. University of Missouri vs Missouri State University... University of Illinois vs Illinois State University. There is a difference between New York Attorney General and Attorney General of the State of New York. There is a difference between Emperor of Germany and the German Emperor (was regarded by Otto von Bismark to be superior than the former). The difference between "New York" and State of New York is that New York refers to a nation. The State of New York seems to refer to a trust, an estate (i.e. state) or other type of organization. However, in statute "New York" might be defined to mean or to be short for "State of New York" or for "the State of New York".

It might be worth noting or researching whether or not New York ratified the Constitution for the United States of America.



The New York Provincial Congress of local representatives declared itself the government on May 22, 1775, first referred to the "State of New York" in 1776, and ratified the New York State Constitution in 1777. While the British regained New York City during the American Revolutionary War using it as its military and political base of operations in North America and a British governor was technically in office, much of the remainder of the former colony was held by the Patriots. British claims on any part of New York ended with the Treaty of Paris of 1783.

It looks as though they formed the "NEW YORK STATE" corporation the following year Allodial ! So the State of New York, and true law still exists. It really is two forms of government when you think about it.