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common property1A thing or things held jointly: the atmosphere is the common property of every nation on earth...- Last, this budget would be allocated amongst the world's nations on the basis of their populations - in recognition of the atmosphere being the common property of all humankind, to which every person has an equal right.
- Shorelines, beaches, river bottoms, and navigable water - whether in the sea or flowing to it - were the common property of the nation's citizens.
- It remains part of the atmosphere, and falls partly into areas of common property, and partly into areas of national sovereignty.
1.1Something known by most people: the general theory of climate change has now become common property...- Powerful passages that keen minds have written, have become the common property of humankind, and have lived on for generations, to inspire, to provoke, to encourage, to stimulate, and of course, to question.
- In making its collections and knowledge about them common property, a museum like the British Museum realises its value.
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