baby_123: The armed robber must be a family member of one of these PDP goons. How can a case be dismissed against a robber for that? Look well. This is a sham and a disgrace. The judge should be chased away. Mtscheew!

antiembezzle: that the blind man doesn't see the sun doesn't mean the sun is not there. That you see nothing wrong in ' the state of osun' doesn't mean it is correct. After all what do you know? An empty head who places an oxford dictionary on his laps to type sh.it on nL, decieving your kind who are excessively drunk with tinubu's urine. Such a shame that sentiment has blinded you so bad that, even when the points are clear, proven beyond every reasonable doubt, you still chose to see 'nothing'. Tinubu's charm really renders some yorubas mad.

emiye: So a criminal was left free, coz of "state of lagos" . What nonsense?

antiembezzle: that the blind man doesn't see the sun doesn't mean the sun is not there. That you see nothing wrong in ' the state of osun' doesn't mean it is correct. After all what do you know? An empty head who places an oxford dictionary on his laps to type sh.it on nL, decieving your kind who are excessively drunk with tinubu's urine. Such a shame that sentiment has blinded you so bad that, even when the points are clear, proven beyond every reasonable doubt, you still chose to see 'nothing'. Tinubu's charm really renders some yorubas mad.

klas: In plain English, does University of Ibadan means the university belongs to Ibadan? There exist State of California in US yet it is not different from Texas State which was even an independent republic up to 1845 before it voluntarily joined the USA as the 28th state .

But like somebody already posted, legal meanings are not necessarily same as ordinary dictionary meanings.

@koruji. You are not entirely right that the constitution only listed the names of states without clarifying if they are 'of' or not. In the Schedule to the Constitution(same as where states are listed) but the one on the Oath of Office, it expressly states that Governor take oath as "Governor of _ _ _ _ State" not as "Governor of State of _ _ _ _". Same for members of the House of Assembly of a state or Judicial officials of a state's courts.

Lusola15: State of mushin in lagos

utumunta: You ppl in d ACN are becoming very pathetic wt each passing day! Whinning and pouting like a spoilt child dat must have his way by all means.
If u know anything about d law, u'd know dat ds Judgement is apt and is celebrated by Daniel in heaven!
State 'of' connotes "state coming from" . Just as 'southern sudan' means southern part of d con3 sudan and south sudan means an independent entity located in d south! If u are called koruji of nairaland, it is either u work wt nairaland or u are a member. It means u ar an entity within nairaland!
In law,there is what is called rules of statutory interpretation and it nid nt conform wt any dictionary.
Lagos state does nt have a 'state of Lagos' bt Ikeja local council area 'of Lagos', located in and belonging to Lagos state!
Something can never stand on nothing in law and d maxim 'Nemo dat quod non habet' means 'u cannot give a better title dan u have' .
Ds same Judgement is going to be brought against d merger party shld INEC go ahead and assign d acronym APC to them.
It is a shame dat all d SAN 'of' ACN do not guide them well.

baby_123: The armed robber must be a family member of one of these PDP goons. How can a case be dismissed against a robber for that? Look well. This is a sham and a disgrace. The judge should be chased away. Mtscheew!

klas: In plain English, does University of Ibadan means the university belongs to Ibadan? There exist State of California in US yet it is not different from Texas State which was even an independent republic up to 1845 before it voluntarily joined the USA as the 28th state .

But like somebody already posted, legal meanings are not necessarily same as ordinary dictionary meanings.

@koruji. You are not entirely right that the constitution only listed the names of states without clarifying if they are 'of' or not. In the Schedule to the Constitution(same as where states are listed) but the one on the Oath of Office, it expressly states that Governor take oath as "Governor of _ _ _ _ State" not as "Governor of State of _ _ _ _". Same for members of the House of Assembly of a state or Judicial officials of a state's courts.

wesley80:
Which dustbin did you pick your Phd from? Perharps you read the piece whilst still in your mumu-mode!

antiembezzle: that the blind man doesn't see the sun doesn't mean the sun is not there.

Even the ignorant one with eyes will look at the sky and claim its black and not blue.

That you see nothing wrong in ' the state of osun' doesn't mean it is correct.

i agree and vice versa also. The law also makes provision for such and that explains the reason why they can appeal against the judgement. I advocates for this and i hope its done. Lets test it properly within our laws.

After all what do you know? An empty head who places an oxford dictionary on his laps to type sh.it on nL, decieving your kind who are excessively drunk with tinubu's urine. Such a shame that sentiment has blinded you so bad that, even when the points are clear, proven beyond every reasonable doubt, you still chose to see 'nothing'. Tinubu's charm really renders some yorubas mad.

Fool, now showing his real self and intent. Idiota son of a bitch.
By the way, Ffuck Tinubu. Dont give a damn about him

Tosman12:
whats ur point? Just insult?
Its uncalled for.....

mayoroflag: The judge is ignorant.

The "State" refers to an intangible entity that has the legal monopoly of use of violence/force. In secondary school subject of government, a state has four features: a government, a defined territory, a people and a constitution.(Hence the Federal govt, the state governments, and the local government even EU are each a trust for its state in their own rights respectively). So the state encompasses all these 4 parties but the government is the legitimate entity which acts on the state's behalf.

The government acts on behalf of the state within the limits defined by the constitution.

Matters usually taken to courts are usually between 2 parties. However, when a crime is committed, it is against the state, no matter who the crime victim is, and the government as the legitimate trust for the state prosecutes the offender.

Our constitution recognises the distinctiveness of each state. Sometimes the word state is used to describe a territory. And sometimes the word Lagos State can be interchangeably used as the State of Lagos.

This judge has only succeeded in bringing ridicule to the Lagos Judiciary which is supposed to be the most sophisticated of all the judiciaries within the second-tier (state) governments.

bajosky: watch out for STATE OF ( FCT ) OR ABUJA.
in a year time.

utumunta: You ppl in d ACN are becoming very pathetic wt each passing day! Whinning and pouting like a spoilt child dat must have his way by all means.
If u know anything about d law, u'd know dat ds Judgement is apt and is celebrated by Daniel in heaven!
State 'of' connotes "state coming from" . Just as 'southern sudan' means southern part of d con3 sudan and south sudan means an independent entity located in d south! If u are called koruji of nairaland, it is either u work wt nairaland or u are a member. It means u ar an entity within nairaland!
In law,there is what is called rules of statutory interpretation and it nid nt conform wt any dictionary.
Lagos state does nt have a 'state of Lagos' bt Ikeja local council area 'of Lagos', located in and belonging to Lagos state!
Something can never stand on nothing in law and d maxim 'Nemo dat quod non habet' means 'u cannot give a better title dan u have' .
Ds same Judgement is going to be brought against d merger party shld INEC go ahead and assign d acronym APC to them.
It is a shame dat all d SAN 'of' ACN do not guide them well.

utumunta: You ppl in d ACN are becoming very pathetic wt each passing day! Whinning and pouting like a spoilt child dat must have his way by all means.
If u know anything about d law, u'd know dat ds Judgement is apt and is celebrated by Daniel in heaven!
State 'of' connotes "state coming from" . Just as 'southern sudan' means southern part of d con3 sudan and south sudan means an independent entity located in d south! If u are called koruji of nairaland, it is either u work wt nairaland or u are a member. It means u ar an entity within nairaland!
In law,there is what is called rules of statutory interpretation and it nid nt conform wt any dictionary.
Lagos state does nt have a 'state of Lagos' bt Ikeja local council area 'of Lagos', located in and belonging to Lagos state!
Something can never stand on nothing in law and d maxim 'Nemo dat quod non habet' means 'u cannot give a better title dan u have' .
Ds same Judgement is going to be brought against d merger party shld INEC go ahead and assign d acronym APC to them.
It is a shame dat all d SAN 'of' ACN do not guide them well.

kennytidistar:

they are charge and bail lawyers when carpenter suddenly became lawyer and eventually became governor, do you expect anything better?

gsalvatore: LISTEN TO THIS GUY!!!^^^.

antiembezzle: that the blind man doesn't see the sun doesn't mean the sun is not there. That you see nothing wrong in ' the state of osun' doesn't mean it is correct. After all what do you know? An empty head who places an oxford dictionary on his laps to type sh.it on nL, decieving your kind who are excessively drunk with tinubu's urine. Such a shame that sentiment has blinded you so bad that, even when the points are clear, proven beyond every reasonable doubt, you still chose to see 'nothing'. Tinubu's charm really renders some yorubas mad.