res communes
plural noun
res com·mu·nes
| \ ˌrāskəˈmüˌnās, ˌrēzkəˈmyü(ˌ)nēz \
Definition of res communes
Roman & civil law
: things owned by no one and subject to use by all : things (as light, air, the sea, running water) incapable of entire exclusive appropriation
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