noun plural
Etymology: Late Latin, public things
: things (as the sea, navigable waters, and highways) that are construed under Roman and civil law as owned by no one but subject to use by the public
noun plural
Etymology: Late Latin, public things
: things (as the sea, navigable waters, and highways) that are construed under Roman and civil law as owned by no one but subject to use by the public
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012