public lands
11Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility — (PEER) is a 501(c)(3) non profit, environmental protection organization that serves as a resource to potential government whistleblowers, allowing them to anonymously expose environmental wrongdoings thereby avoiding agency retaliation. Founded… …
12public land — ➔ land1 * * * public land UK US noun [U] (also public lands [plural]) PROPERTY, GOVERNMENT ► land that is owned by the government: » The scheme will see public land handed over to private developers. → Compare …
13public domain — ☆ public domain n. 1. public lands 2. the condition of being free from copyright or patent and, hence, open to use by anyone …
14Public land — In all modern states, some land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land. The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countries. The following examples illustrate some of the… …
15Public Land Survey System — Seal of the BLM The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels, particularly for titles and deeds of rural, wild or undeveloped land. Its basic units of area are the township and… …
16Public corporations of the Government of Puerto Rico — In Puerto Rico, Public corporations are separate legal entities who are owned, either entirely or in great majority, by the Government of Puerto Rico. These corporations are created to serve a public service, such as electricity, water, public… …
17Public nudity — A woman hands out flyers at the Love Parade in Berlin …
18public land — noun : land owned by a government, especially a national government; specifically : that part of the United States public domain subject to sale or disposal under the homestead laws * * * noun, pl ⋯ lands US : land that is owned and taken care of …
19Public domain — This article is about public ownership of creative works. For use in relationship to public lands, see Public domain (land). For how the public domain applies to Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Public domain. Intellectual property law …
20public domain — Land and water in possession of and owned by the United States and the states individually, as distinguished from lands privately owned by individuals or corporations. See also public lands. Copyright law. Public ownership status of writings,… …
