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United States. Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), a term used for two current and one former self-governing U.S. territories. Commonwealth (U.S. state), a term used by four U.S. states in their full official state names, specifically: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the full name of Massachusetts. Commonwealth of Kentucky, the full name of Kentucky.
The Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Company is a historic factory complex at 7 Marble Street in Whitman, Massachusetts. The Commonwealth Shoe Company was formed in 1885 by the merger of Charles H. Jones & Co. and Bay State Shoe & Leather Co. The company produced the hugely popular Bostonian shoe, known for its high quality and comfort.
State. ← Route 88. I-90. → I-91. The Massachusetts Turnpike (colloquially the " Mass Pike " or " the Pike ") [3] is a controlled-access toll highway in the US state of Massachusetts that is maintained by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). It is concurrent with the entirety of Interstate 90 ( I-90) within the state ...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Nathaniel Jennison was a court case in Massachusetts in 1783 that effectively abolished slavery in that state. [1] [2] It was the third in a series of cases which became known as the Quock Walker cases . Nathaniel Jennison was arrested for beating Quock Walker and indicted on a criminal charge of assault and ...
Pervear v. Massachusetts, 72 U.S. (5 Wall.) 475 (1866), was a case brought before the United States Supreme Court in 1866 over the issue of prisoners' rights. The court ruled that prisoners have no constitutional rights, not even Eighth Amendment rights. [1] This was the first case stating the "hands off" policy that allowed states to run their ...
The Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS) [a] is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an area of 20,368,759 km 2 (7,864,422 sq mi) and has an estimated population of 239,796,010. The CIS encourages cooperation in economic, political, and military ...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services 682 F.3d 1 is a United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit decision that affirmed the judgment of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the section that defines the terms "marriage" as ...
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was a Commonwealth of Massachusetts public record disseminated by a Commonwealth agency or the Massachusetts Archives. Massachusetts' Secretary of the Commonwealth has stated that such works can be copied and used for any purpose. This copyright does not extend to those records ...