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Public law
Public lawA public law is one in which all persons have an interest RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Public By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public. Interest 1) Estates. The right which a man has in a chattel real, and more particularly in a future term. It is a word of less efficacy and extent than estates, though, in legal understanding, an interest extends to estates, rights and titles which a man has in or out of lands, so that by a grant of his whole interest in land, a reversion as well as the fee simple shall pass. 2) Contracts. The right of property which a man has in a thing, commonly called insurable interest. 3) Evidence. The benefit which a person has in the matter about to be decided and which is in issue between the parties. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Public By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public. Public company Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies. Public debt That which is due or owing by the government. Public defender Government lawyer who provides free legal defense services to a poor person accused of a crime. Public domain A term of American copyright law referring to works that are not copyright protected, free for all to use without permission. Examples include works that were originally non-copyrightable (items that by their very nature are not eligible for copyright such as ideas, facts or names), copyright that has been lost or expired, where copyright is owned or authored by the federal government (federal documents and publications are not copyrighted and so are public domain), and those works which have been specifically granted to the public domain. Public domain or national National or public domain. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain. Public easement Exists in favor of the people generally. Public enemy This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation. Public order-public policy In domestic law, public order (a civil law term) refers to domestic rules and legal principles reflecting lofty standards of morality and social conduct in a civilized society, while public policy (a common law term) refers to fundamental principles of natural justice found in a state's constitution, bill of rights, laws, regulations, precedents and accepted customs. Public passage This term is synonymous with public highway, with this difference; by the latter, is understood a right to pass over the land of another; by the former is meant the right of going over the water which is on another's land. Public policy By public policy is meant that which the law encourages for the promotion of the public good. Public service commission Also, Public Utilities Commission. A state agency which regulates utilities. Publican civil law. A farmer of the public revenue; one who held a lease of some property from the public treasury. Publication The act by which a thing is made public. Publici juris (United Kingdom) Of public right. Publiciana Civil law. The name of an action introduced by the proctor Publicius, the object of which was to recover a thing which had been lost Publicity The doing of a thing in the view of all persons who choose to be present. Publisher One who does by himself or his agents make a thing publicly known; one engaged in the circulation of books, pamphlets, and other papers. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Public defender Government lawyer who provides free legal defense services to a poor person accused of a crime. Public domain A term of American copyright law referring to works that are not copyright protected, free for all to use without permission. Examples include works that were originally non-copyrightable (items that by their very nature are not eligible for copyright such as ideas, facts or names), copyright that has been lost or expired, where copyright is owned or authored by the federal government (federal documents and publications are not copyrighted and so are public domain), and those works which have been specifically granted to the public domain. Public domain or national National or public domain. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain. Public easement Exists in favor of the people generally. Public enemy This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation. Public law Public order-public policy In domestic law, public order (a civil law term) refers to domestic rules and legal principles reflecting lofty standards of morality and social conduct in a civilized society, while public policy (a common law term) refers to fundamental principles of natural justice found in a state's constitution, bill of rights, laws, regulations, precedents and accepted customs. Public passage This term is synonymous with public highway, with this difference; by the latter, is understood a right to pass over the land of another; by the former is meant the right of going over the water which is on another's land. Public policy By public policy is meant that which the law encourages for the promotion of the public good. Public service commission Also, Public Utilities Commission. A state agency which regulates utilities. Publican civil law. A farmer of the public revenue; one who held a lease of some property from the public treasury. 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