public domain

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public domain

1. Land owned and controlled by the state or federal government.

2. The status of publications, products, and processes that are not protected under patent or copyright.

public domain

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

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public domain - property rights that are held by the public at large

property right - the legal right of ownership

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domain generic in the public domain nonproprietary property property right proprietary public unpatented			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. Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context			pubic region pubic symphysis pubis public public access public access channel public act public address system public affairs public affairs assessment public affairs ground rules public affairs guidance public assistance public bar public bill public charity public company public convenience public corporation Public credit public debate public debt public defender public diplomacy public discussion public domain public easement public enemy public enterprise public executioner public expenditure public exposure public eye public figure public footpath Public funds public gallery public health public health inspector public holiday public house public housing public information public interest public key infrastructure public knowledge public lavatory public law public lecture Public Lending Right public library			Public Disclosure Officer Public Disclosure Request Public Disclosure System Public Discourse Project public discussion public disgrace Public display Public display Public display Public display of affection Public display of dead Public display of dead Public display of dead Public Display Unit Public displays of dead Public displays of dead Public displays of dead Public distance Public distance public distribution public distribution Public Distribution List Public Distribution System Public Distributions Public Distributions Public Disturbance Public Disturbance Agency Public Dividend Select Fund Public Document Room Public Documents Committee public domain Public Domain Aeronautical Software public domain and copyright Public Domain Day Public Domain Day Public Domain Enhancement Act Public Domain Knowledge Bank Public Domain Korn Shell Public Domain Operating System Public domain resources Public domain resources Public domain resources Public domain resources Public domain software Public domain software Public domain software Public domain software Public domain software Public Domain Software in Biology Public Domaine Public Domaine Public Domaine Public Domaine Public domains Public domains Public domains Public domains Public Drinking Water Program Public Drinking Water Source Areas Public Drinking Water Supply public easement

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