Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoTIL Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are commonwealths.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down18
arrow-up1113arrow-down1external-linkTIL Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are commonwealths.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareileftreddit@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·17 days agoIt’s just a name, it means nothing legally
minus-squarehoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·17 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.