community property

noun

, U.S. Law.

1. (in some states) property acquired by either spouse, or both together, that is considered by law to be jointly owned and equally shared.

Word History and Origins

Origin of community property¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Even the community of experts who are charged with conserving, curating, and studying these artifacts have, Steve Twomey has put it sometimes failed “to treat rare collections as community property instead of as a cultural ATM.”

From The Daily Beast

The community property may be lost in visionary schemes or in mere whims.

From Project Gutenberg

He may also sell the community property, except the homestead, without her consent.

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In that State community property may even be given away, without the wife's knowledge or consent.

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Community property, that is, property held jointly by husband and wife, is absolutely controlled by the husband in California.

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The community property, both real and personal, is under absolute control of husband and at wife's death it all belongs to him.

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