Legal Definition and Related Resources of Commonwealth

A nation with a republican form of government in which the administration of public affairs is open to all, with a few, if any , exceptions and in which the welfare and rights of the entire mass of people are the main consideration , rather than the privileges of a class or the will of the monarch. Any of the individual states of the United States and the body of people constituting a state or politically organized community , a body politic, hence a State, especially one constituted by a number of persons united by compact or tacit agreement under one form of government and system of laws. Detres v Lance building Corp., (C.A.IU.)234 F.2d596.

A free state or republic having a republican form of government. The English nation during the time of Cromwell was called a commonwealth. It is the legal title of the states of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Used sometimes as denoting the public; the common welfare of the people.

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Commonwealth in Historical Law

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Commonwealth in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

The common or public weal: the republic; the state, or a State; the people, qq. v.

Note: This legal definition of Commonwealth in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.

British Commonwealth in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of British Commonwealth. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal System.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Commonwealth

(You may find commonwealth at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

late 15c., “public welfare, general good,” from common (adj.) + wealth; this term is also a noun.; meaning “the state” is attested from 1510s; applied specifically to the government of England in the period 1649-1660.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Commonwealth in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term commonwealth into Spanish: Commonwealth (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• British Commonwealth in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• British Commonwealth in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Commonwealth in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Commonwealth. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal System.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• Commonwealth in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• Commonwealth in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Commonwealth

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Commonwealth : (Commonwealth, British Commonwealth)

n.

A voluntary association consisting of the UK and many of its former colonies or dependencies (e.g. protectorates) that have attained full independence and are recognized by international law as separate countries. The earliest to obtain independence (e.g. Canada and Australia) did so by virtue of the Statute of Westminster 1931, but the majority have been granted it individually by subsequent Independence Acts. Some (such as Canada and Australia) are still technically part of the Crown’s dominions; others (e.g. India) have become republics. All accept the Crown as the symbol of their free association and the head of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, commonwealth is: an association of 54 independent states established in its present form in 1949 through the London Declaration. The entries on trade policy are here. Its members were at one time or another part of the British Empire. The entries on trade policy are here. It is administered by the Commonwealth Secretariat located in London. The entries on trade policy are here. Among its many functions, the Secretariat runs programs aimed at the economic and trade development particularly of developing members. The Commonwealth’s current membership consists of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Britain, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe. See also CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) and Trade and Investment Access Facility.[1]

Commonwealthin the wold Encyclopedia

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Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Commonwealth” entry (OAS)

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Translation of Commonwealth

• Spanish: Commonwealth
• French: Commonwealth
• German: Commonwealth
• Italian: Commonwealth
• Portuguese: Commonwealth
• Polish: Wspólnota Narodów

Thesaurus of Commonwealth

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• Anzus countries
• United States
• Australia
• New Zealand