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community definition - legal

n

  1. A group of people living together or in the same locality or who share interests or a sense of identity.
  2. The area, district, locality, neighborhood, or vicinity where a group of people lives.
marital community
A married couple in a community property state.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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