Common schools
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Schools maintained at the public expense and administered by a bureau of the state, district, or municipal government, for the gratuitous education of the children of nil citizens without distinction.
Jenkins v. Andover, 103 Mass. 98; People v. Board of Education, 13 Barb. (N. Y.) 4lO; Le Coulteulx v. Buffalo, 33 N. Y, 337; Roach v. Board of Directors, 7 Mo. App. 567.