Community

Definition - Noun
1  : the people who live in a particular place or region and usu. are linked by some common interests
2 a  : the mass of community property owned by a husband and wife <a spouse may not...lease to a third person his undivided interest in the ~ or in particular things of the ~ ­Louisiana Civil Code>
b  : the entity created upon the marriage of a husband and wife for the purposes of ownership of property in community property states <an agreement terminating the ~>
see also community property at property regime



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