public domain

noun

Definition of PUBLIC DOMAIN

: land owned directly by the government

: 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

abyssal plain, Alsace-Lorraine, balletomane, capital gain, Cartesian plane, convertiplane, demimondaine, elecampane, extramundane, Gangetic Plain, intermontane, legerdemain, mucous membrane, Salisbury Plain, ultramontane

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