Adjective : confederal agreements.    From Dictionary.com. 

The states within such a confederal commonwealth could decide what functions they wanted to give to a so-called confederal council.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He has also said that he seeks a "confederal" relationship with Amman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hoopler - middleeast.org] Reference

The CP's policy included a confederal dispensation.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Those things can be set up in a confederal international body.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Break Up of the Union? Don't Make Me Laugh] Reference

Co-operation with other states should be on a confederal basis.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

From where is it going to argue for its federal of confederal positions?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contents] Reference

Several 18th century peace plans for Europe recommended confederal arrangements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Federalism] Reference

He pledged to resolve the secessionist crisis through a confederal arrangement named the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

He pledged to resolve the secessionist crisis through a confederal arrangement named the 2000.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Otherwise, South Africa would not have a federal system, but a confederal one, Mr Schoeman said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Mr Jacobs said earlier this week that the CP did not have to get its confederal set-up immediately.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He explained that a confederal dispensation would mean more economic co-operation with South Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

We need to come together again whether in a union of two independent states or a confederal arrangement.    From Wordnik.com.  [SPLM To Split, Remain in Northern Sudan After Referendum] Reference

Grande-Comore, Moheli and Anjouan - each with its own government and parliament in a confederal arrangement.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Grande-Comore, Moheli and Anjouan, each with their own government and parliament in a confederal arrangement.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Further investigation revealed that the book's confederal ideas seemed to be generally accepted in South Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The islands also elect local presidents who each run local governments and parliaments in the confederal arrangement.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The CP stood for self-determination and co-operation with other peoples in a confederal context, said Dr Hertzenberg.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Wednesday and Thursday to discuss the rightwing party's confederal plan for South Africa with the homeland's leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

President Mangope repeated his belief in a confederal dispensation as a solution of Southern Africa's political problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The two representatives spent much of the time debating the difference between federal and confederal systems of government.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

If a federal or confederal system is implemented, they would be the king of the castle in the country's most beautiful region.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Africans were now demanding the scrapping of Codesa and were close to reaching consensus, even on the CPs confederal proposals.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

South Africa and all its people was the recognition of the right to self determination of nations within a confederal structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

German bund there existed up through mid-century into at least 30 different autonomous states in a very loose confederal system.    From Wordnik.com.  [GERMAN HISTORY IS FILLED WITH NON-GERMANS, BUT MOST GERMANS DON'T STUDY HISTORY MUCH AND IGNORE THE HISTORICAL FACTS] Reference

Chinese scholars outside China are discussing a constitution for a federated China, which envisages a confederal status for Tibet.    From Wordnik.com.  [1996] Reference

When the TLC and CCL merged in 1956, the new Canadian Labour Congress opted to maintain a highly centralized confederal structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

Pretoria University proved that a confederal system of government was the only workable alternative, the Conservative Party said on.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Flanders is wealthier and wants a confederal-state system like Switzerland's, giving each region more control over its tax revenues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Former Budget Minister Becomes Belgian Premier] Reference

Speaking in the Second Reading debate on the Budget, he said a confederal or federal system could allow a level of regional autonomy.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The composition of the SABC board would be directly influenced by whether a future South Africa was a unitary, federal or confederal state.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The models presented above could amount to a confederal Ireland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

This problem in general should not be elevated to the confederal voting status.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Smaller is better and a system of mini-states along confederal lines is the answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [IOL: News]

Articles of Confederation established a weak confederal government that operated until 1789.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Karzai and Cameron discuss peace] Reference

Note that the United States abandoned its original confederal structure because it was unworkable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Rumour Service] Reference

In 1777, the Articles of Confederation established a weak confederal government that operated until 1789.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Karzai and Cameron discuss peace] Reference

Therefore, the practice of strong-arming by the larger member-states wouldn't necessarily negate the Union's confederal character.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52] Reference