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The right of the general public to use certain streets, paths and other places and spaces even though they may be owned by others. … [Read more...] about PUBLIC EASEMENT

This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation. Vatt. 1. 3, c. 5, 70. To make a public enemy, the government of the foreign country must be at war with the United States; for a mob, how numerous soever it may be, or robbers, whoever they may be, are never considered as a public enemy. 2. A … [Read more...] about PUBLIC ENEMY

A famous person, someone in the public limelight who is of great interest to the general public, for example a politician, a movie actor, a sports star. The commercial press is given additional liberties to report about public figures as protected by the First Amendment and is only liable for libel where the person or party making the inaccurate statement had actual malice … [Read more...] about PUBLIC FIGURE

In medical jurisprudence. Alkaloidal products of the decomposition or putrefaction of albuminous substances, as, in animal and vegetable tissues. These are sometimes poisonous, but not invariably. Examples of poisonous ptomaines are those occurring in putrefying fish and the tyrotoxicons of decomposing miik and milk products. … [Read more...] about PTOMAINES

Public Contract Law Journal … [Read more...] about Pub. Cont. L.J.