Common weal
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The public or common good or welfare. As to common "Bail," "Barretor," "Carrier," "Chase," "Coubcil," "Counts," "Diligence," "Day," "Debtor," "Drunkard," "Error," "Fishery," "Highway," "Informer," "Inn," "Intendment," "Intent," "Jury," "Labor," "Nuisance," "Property," "School," "Scold," "Stock," "Seal," "Sergeant," "Traverse," "Vouchee," "Wall," see those titles. For Co.mmons, House of, see House of COM MONS.