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Public domain
Meaning
Noun
●
Often
preceded
by in the.
The state of not being
owned
by anyone, and thus
freely
usable
by everyone.
The state of not or
no longer
being
confidential
or secret.
●
In Law, Copyright, Patent law & Property law:
Often
preceded
by in the.
The state of not being
owned
by anyone, and thus
freely
usable
by everyone.
The
realm
of
intellectual property
which is not or
no longer
protected
by
copyrights
or
patents
, and thus over which no person can
establish
a
proprietary
interest.
●
In American English:
Land
regarded
as
owned
by the public, and not
subject
to a
land patent
or other
forms
of
private
ownership
(
for example
,
unowned
prairie
in the
southwestern
and
western
United States).
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