public property
noun
: something owned by the city, town, or state
The library books are public property.
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They can't be set off on public property — including at schools, churches, or on sidewalks — and can't be set off on another person's property without permission.
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Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024
But notice that the parade participants and watchers were well-behaved, eschewing vandalism and violence — unlike so many of the pro-Hamas crowd who have resorted to defacing public property, assaulting people and making threats of various types.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
Later in the show, Henson urged viewers to vote and alluded to a law in Grants Pass, Oregon, recently upheld by the Supreme Court, that punishes homeless people for sleeping on public property.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 2 July 2024
The new ruling, that was issued on Friday, overturns the 2018 Martin v. Boise ruling, which barred cities from criminalizing homeless people on public property unless there is an available shelter bed for them.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024
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Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2024
But notice that the parade participants and watchers were well-behaved, eschewing vandalism and violence — unlike so many of the pro-Hamas crowd who have resorted to defacing public property, assaulting people and making threats of various types.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 June 2024
Later in the show, Henson urged viewers to vote and alluded to a law in Grants Pass, Oregon, recently upheld by the Supreme Court, that punishes homeless people for sleeping on public property.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 2 July 2024
The new ruling, that was issued on Friday, overturns the 2018 Martin v. Boise ruling, which barred cities from criminalizing homeless people on public property unless there is an available shelter bed for them.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 29 June 2024
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“Public property.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20property. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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