Commonwealthhas several different meanings (and it is often capitalized). It can refer to a federation of states (Australia is designated as aCommonwealthin this way), a self-governing US territory (Puerto Ricoand theNorthern Mariana Islandsare designated asCommonwealthsin this way), or an associ...
:a political unit having local autonomy but voluntarily united with the U.S. —used officially of Puerto Rico and of the Northern Mariana Islands 4 often capitalized:an association of self-governing autonomous states more or less loosely associated in a common allegiance (as to the British crown...
The article argues that the basic premise of the Fortuño bill, which relies on opinions of the United States Department of Justice, is wrong. The author discusses resident commissioner Luis Fortuño's NPP-White House Task Force bill for the resolution of the status issue in Puerto Rico. ...
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary commonwealth noun /ˈkɒmənwelθ/ /ˈkɑːmənwelθ/[singular] the Commonwealth an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and other countries, including most of the countries that used to be part of the British Empire a memb...
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The Commonwealth of Nations, to give it its full title, is a voluntary association of sovereign states. There are 56 Commonwealth member states, all of whom are seen as independent and equal. Member states have no legal obligations to one another, but see themselv...
Was followed by Commonwealth United States ignorance of the law, although the sophistry of plaintiffs ' attorneys, even deliberately distorted desecration of Chinese traditional culture in the courts of a series of actions people patience. 翻译结果4复制译文编辑译文朗读译文返回顶部 正在翻译,请等待......
The Health of Women in the United States: Gender Differences and Gender-Specific Conditions In this article an attempt has been made to discuss some of the problems against women's involvement in sports in Nigeria. Reference is made to the Nigeria... KS Collins,ME Bussell,S Wenzel 被引量:...
America's Depression of 1784–1787 and the Advent of Nationalism In June 1788, James Madison prepared to attend a convention in Virginia to consider ratification of the proposed Constitution for the United States. The re... R Bruner,S Miller - 《International Political Economy Investment & Financ...
Relations between states, like other social relationships, may be judged in terms of their approximation to one or other of two models of society. In the community model actors identify strongly with each other and expect that their interests will conver