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public domain n
1. (Law) US lands owned by a state or by the federal government 2. (Law) the status of a published work or invention upon which the copyright or patent has expired or which has not been patented or subject to copyright. It may thus be freely used by the public (Law) in the public domain able to be discussed and examined freely by the general public ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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In those branches of administration which the king did not himself direct, such for instance as the "fermes" (the public domains throughout the country on which a revenue was levied), the clerks were to their superior what the clerks of a business-house are to their employer; they learned a science which would one day advance them to prosperity. |
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