common property

American  

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.

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Example Sentences

“We can no longer afford to consider air and water common property, free to be abused by anyone without regard to the consequences,” he said.

From Washington Post

He linked to an article by Lawrence W. Reed, president emeritus of the free-market Foundation for Economic Education, who wrote that the Pilgrims’ initial “common property” approach was a disaster.

From Washington Times

“Hardly. The ‘common property’ approach killed off about half the settlers.”

From Washington Times

The North’s ruler said it was a “mistake” for the resort, on the east coast, to be regarded as the common property of two Koreas given its location on North Korean soil, according to the state news agency KCNA.

From The Guardian

You know, not to be alarmist, but I do think that our current institutions are not equipped to deal with the scarcity that will emerge due to higher average temperatures, a loss of traditional, arable land, mass migration due to climate refugees, common property value increases or depression and just an upending of the sort of status quo, however bad it's been, given that current scarcity mindset results in very bad outcomes for most people.

From Salon