Retroceding

The idea of "retroceding" all or most of the remaining District to Maryland is a familiar part of the debate on D.C. voting rights. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The idea of “retroceding” all or most of the remaining District to Maryland is a familiar part of the debate on D.C. voting rights. ❋ Greenbelt Michael Wein (2011)

Although he says he's all for the District's residential neighborhoods retroceding back into Maryland to give the city's taxpayers full representation, he's not exactly using his authority over the city to push for that change. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It just points out that Connie had her terminology backwards: it would be the feds that would do the retroceding, not the former donor state and proposed recipient state. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

They have long hands and feet, legs thin, and the os coxigis retroceding. ❋ Unknown (2004)

In 1846, however, Congress authorized a referendum on the question of retroceding Alexandria County to Virginia, and declared that jurisdiction should be relinquished to that State if a majority of the voters in the county voted in favor of the change. ❋ Edward Samuel Corwin (1920)

In November, 1845, in answer to a letter soliciting his opinion on the constitutionality of the law of Congress retroceding Alexandria to ❋ Josiah Quincy (1818)

Instead, let's draft an amendment, or begin the process of retroceding D.C. back to Maryland. ❋ Unknown (2009)