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Public \Pub"lic\, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people:
cf. F. public. See {People}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people;
relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community;
-- opposed to {private}; as, the public treasury.

To the public good
Private respects must yield. --Milton.

He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of
the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D.
Webster.

2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common;
notorious; as, public report; public scandal.

Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public
example, was minded to put her away privily. --Matt.
i. 19.

3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public
house. ``The public street.'' --Shak.

{public act} or {public statute} (Law), an act or statute
affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the
courts take judicial notice.

{Public credit}. See under {Credit}.

{Public funds}. See {Fund}, 3.

{Public house}, an inn, or house of entertainment.

{Public law}.
(a) See {International law}, under {International}.
(b) A public act or statute.

{Public nuisance}. (Law) See under {Nuisance}.

{Public orator}. (Eng. Universities) See {Orator}, 3.

{Public stores}, military and naval stores, equipments, etc.


{Public works}, all fixed works built by civil engineers for
public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but
strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed
at the public cost.