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The public or common weal or welfare. This cannot be regarded as a technical term of public law, though often used in political science. It generally designates, when so employed, a republican frame of government one in which the welfare and rights of the entire mass of people are the main consideration, rather than the privileges of a class or the will of a monarch; or it may … [Read more...] about COMMONWEALTH

med. jur. When a person possesses those perceptions, associations and judgments, in relation to persons and things, which agree with those of the generality of mankind, he is said to possess common sense. On the contrary, when a particular individual differs from the generality of persons in these respects, he is said not to have common sense, or not to be in his senses. … [Read more...] about COMMON SENSE

persons. An abiding dwelling, or continuing as an inhabitant in any place. It consists, properly, in sleeping usually in one place. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The dwelling in any place as an inhabitant; which consists in usually lying there. 4 Bl. Comm. 273. In American law it is used to denote a mere temporary residence. … [Read more...] about COMMORANCY

A basic share of a corporation, which usually does not contain specific protections, e.g. a preferred share where distributions are first made to such preferred shareholders. … [Read more...] about COMMON SHARE

Staying or abiding; dwelling temporarily in a place. … [Read more...] about COMMORANT