Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoTIL Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are commonwealths.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down19
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkTIL Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are commonwealths.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareileftreddit@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·4 days agoIt’s just a name, it means nothing legally
minus-squarehoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days agoWell it does mean in criminal cases you don’t call the prosecutors the state, but you call them “the commonwealth” which is interesting.
It’s just a name, it means nothing legally
Well it does mean in criminal cases you don’t call the prosecutors the state, but you call them “the commonwealth” which is interesting.