common property

noun

1. property belonging to all members of a community.
2. someone or something regarded as belonging to the public in general:

   The personal lives of celebrities often become common property.

3. information that is commonly known; common knowledge:

   His secret was soon common property.

Example Sentences

By law, it is their common property and that’s the right two words you used at the start of data commons.

From MIT Technology Review

Jean supplied the rod, Jeanne gave the line and the hook; so the tackle is the common property of brother and sister.

From Project Gutenberg

In other words, when the patent expires, not only the product but also the name itself becomes common property.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Herne said: "Thank you, Penloe; the ideas you have advanced should become common property of the many."

From Project Gutenberg

In marriage, the husband administers for both, not only the common property, but her personal possessions.

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If the parties have agreed to the "partnership of gains," the common property is liable for the debts of either.

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