intrastate

[ in-truh-steyt ]

adjective

1. existing or occurring within the boundaries of a state, especially of the United States:

   intrastate commerce.

intrastate

/ ˌɪntrəˈsteɪt /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or confined within a single state, esp a state of the US

Word History and Origins

Origin of intrastate¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; intra- + state

Example Sentences

As the Pennsylvania brief notes, intrastate disputes that the Supreme Court has heard generally involve alleged damage done by one state to another state’s “core sovereign interests.”

From Washington Post

When Congress sought to reach inside a state to regulate intrastate commerce, the Supreme Court initially resisted.

From The Daily Beast

In some states he has secured legislation penalizing railways for delay in settling intrastate claims.

From Project Gutenberg

The conflicting intrastate rates have borne far more deeply and far more dangerously upon them.

From Project Gutenberg

And this despite the fact that the vast majority of freight traffic is interstate, rather than intrastate.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, the explanation is—although the classifications changed from interstate to intrastate, it was the same claim.

From Project Gutenberg