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2. A term used by two unincorporated territories of the United States in their full official names (the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico, which, in Spanish, officially calls itself the "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico"  wikipedia.org); 1. A term used by four of the 50 states of the United States in their full official state names ("Commonwealth" is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The states of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are in the Eastern United States, and prior to the formation of the United States in 1776, were British colonial possessions. As such, they share a strong influence of English common law in some of their laws and institutions wikipedia.org) |
