public property
noun
: something owned by the city, town, or state
The library books are public property.
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At the center of the case is Grants Pass, a city of roughly 40,000 in southern Oregon with ordinances that bar camping or sleeping on public property or in city parks.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2024
About 10% of all land in the U.S. falls under the Bureau of Land Management’s jurisdiction, putting the agency at the center of arguments over how much development should be allowed on public property.
—Matthew Brown, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
The rule from the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management — which oversees more than 380,000 square miles (990,000 square kilometers) of land, primarily in the U.S. West — will allow public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.
—Matthew Brown, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
Out of 200 cities with populations similar to that of Grants Pass, more than 80% do not ban sleeping on all public property, at all times, according to amicus briefs.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
The district is being sued for dangerous conditions of public property, negligence and failure to discharge the duty in charge during the incident, according to court documents.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
According to Wisconsin election rules, people may not engage in electioneering during polling hours on any public property on election day within 100 feet of an entrance to a building containing a polling place.
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
Miami Beach police charged at least 38 people in March with possession of small amounts of marijuana and charged at least 12 people with smoking marijuana on public property, according to a Herald review of jail booking data and court records.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
On Tuesday, the FAA confirmed that there was no public property or injuries that resulted from the mishap.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2024
About 10% of all land in the U.S. falls under the Bureau of Land Management’s jurisdiction, putting the agency at the center of arguments over how much development should be allowed on public property.
—Matthew Brown, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
The rule from the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management — which oversees more than 380,000 square miles (990,000 square kilometers) of land, primarily in the U.S. West — will allow public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.
—Matthew Brown, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
Out of 200 cities with populations similar to that of Grants Pass, more than 80% do not ban sleeping on all public property, at all times, according to amicus briefs.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
The district is being sued for dangerous conditions of public property, negligence and failure to discharge the duty in charge during the incident, according to court documents.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
According to Wisconsin election rules, people may not engage in electioneering during polling hours on any public property on election day within 100 feet of an entrance to a building containing a polling place.
—Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
Miami Beach police charged at least 38 people in March with possession of small amounts of marijuana and charged at least 12 people with smoking marijuana on public property, according to a Herald review of jail booking data and court records.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
On Tuesday, the FAA confirmed that there was no public property or injuries that resulted from the mishap.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
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“Public property.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20property. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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