public property
noun
: something owned by the city, town, or state
The library books are public property.
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The Pioneer Press reserves the right to discontinue the hunt if public property is destroyed.
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Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
And, after leaving office in 2009, the former president bought a four-bedroom home in Dallas that's currently valued at $2.5 million, according to public property records.
—Tom Huddleston Jr.,sarah Berger, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
The two properties that burned this year are both owned by the City of San Jose, public property documents show.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Stevenson said one reason homeless people are on the move is due to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allows public property owners to remove homeless people from their land.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
And, after leaving office in 2009, the former president bought a four-bedroom home in Dallas that's currently valued at $2.5 million, according to public property records.
—Tom Huddleston Jr.,sarah Berger, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
The two properties that burned this year are both owned by the City of San Jose, public property documents show.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
Stevenson said one reason homeless people are on the move is due to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allows public property owners to remove homeless people from their land.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Public property.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20property. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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