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☆ community property

in certain states of the U.S., property acquired by a husband or wife, or by both, during marriage and consequently owned in common by both

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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