Public

Concerning, affecting or belonging to the community at large. Public act or statute: a universal rule or law that regards the whole community. Public corporation: a corporation created by government for political purposes, as a county, a city, a town or village. Public house: a house intended for public purposes. Public lands: lands of a state, or of the United States, subject to sale under general laws. Public o Hlcer: a person who holds some publie post or place to which he has been elected or appointed in a manner prescribed by law and exercises functions concerning the there is a common right of navigation; a navigable river. Fnblic wrongs: violations of public rights and duties which affect the whole community, considered as a community; crimes and misdemeanors. Pnblica ita accipiuntur quae sunt omnium populornm, i. quae spectant ad usum hominum tantum, I. Public things are understood to mean those which belong to all people, that is, with reference to the use of men only.