Islamic State in Iraq; former name of Daech (État islamique en Irak et au Levant)

(law) nation of laws, rule-of-law state, constitutional state, legally constituted state

(theology) state of grace / (figuratively, politics) honeymoon period / (figuratively, sports) God mode

state of the art, latest developments in a particular field / overview, survey, status report of a particular field

(law) inventory of fixtures, schedule of fixtures (inspection of the condition of an apartment) / (figuratively) assessment of the situation; state of play

state of affairs, real situation, factual situation, inescapable fact

under arrest

state of affairs, situation

(philosophy) state of nature

(rather literary) by trade, by profession