Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoTIL Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are commonwealths.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1153
arrow-up1153external-linkTIL Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are commonwealths.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareileftreddit@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·13 days agoIt’s just a name, it means nothing legally
minus-squarehoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·13 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.