the commonwealth
英联邦,联邦,英联邦国家,英格兰
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- : a group of sovereign states and their dependencies associated by their own choice and linked with common objectives and interests: the British Commonwealth.
- : the Commonwealth. Commonwealth of Nations.
- : a federation of states: the Commonwealth of Australia.
- : a self-governing territory associated with the U.S.: official designation of Puerto Rico.
- : English History. the English government from the abolition of the monarchy in 1649 until the establishment of the Protectorate in 1653, sometimes extended to include the restoration of Charles II in 1660.
- : the official designation of four states of the U.S.: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
- : any group of persons united by some common interest.
- : the whole body of people of a nation or state; the body politic.
- : a state in which the supreme power is held by the people; a republican or democratic state.
- : Obsolete. the public welfare.
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Former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe officially announced a comeback bid yesterday, citing a need “to think big and act bold” and his plan to raise teacher pay in the commonwealth above the national average.
“I am running for governor again to think big, and to be bold, and to take the commonwealth of Virginia to the next level — and to lift up all Virginians,” he said at a Richmond elementary school, a location meant to signal a commitment to education.
I am running for governor again to think big and to be bold and take the commonwealth of Virginia to the next level and lift up all Virginians.
Only the Lee statue was owned by the state, and an 1889 deed required the commonwealth to protect the memorial forever.
“That’s twice the rate of the rest of the commonwealth, and that quite frankly is troubling,” Northam said.
Another bombshell: There is no statute of limitations on rape in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Swarms of police, gunfire, panic—all foreign to a city known for its quaint, Commonwealth style, still air, and orderliness.
For years there were no pre-qualifications for an attorney to handle capital cases in the commonwealth.
His first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain (1995), won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for best first book.
Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard McGinley ruled that the law “unreasonably burdens” the right to vote.
Dockier, a prominent leader of the Levelers, in the times of the English commonwealth, was shot by order of the government.