"U.S.C." meaning in English

See U.S.C. in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} U.S.C.
  1. (law) Initialism of United States Code. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: United States Code
    Sense id: en-U.S.C.-en-name-ZfgQGQ4O Categories (other): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Topics: law
  2. Initialism of United States citizen. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: United States citizen
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