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Res communes

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Common property.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civil law. Things common to all; that is, those things which are used and enjoyed by every one, even in single parts, but can never be exclusively acquired as a whole, e. g., light and air. Inst. 2, 1, 1; Mackeld. Rom. Caw, § 169.

Defined under Res in Black's Law Dictionary.