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public domain


public domain

noun

Definition of PUBLIC DOMAIN

1
: land owned directly by the government
2
: the realm embracing property rights that belong to the community at large, are unprotected by copyright or patent, and are subject to appropriation by anyone
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First Known Use of PUBLIC DOMAIN

1832

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with PUBLIC DOMAIN

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