Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoTIL Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are commonwealths.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down110
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkTIL Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are commonwealths.en.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square22linkfedilink
minus-squarehoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 months agoWell it does mean in criminal cases you don’t call the prosecutors the state, but you call them “the commonwealth” which is interesting.
Well it does mean in criminal cases you don’t call the prosecutors the state, but you call them “the commonwealth” which is interesting.