communal property

collocation in English

meaningsofcommunalandproperty

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communal
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.jə.nəl/us
/ˈkɑː.mjə.nəl/
belonging to or used by a group of people rather than one ...
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property
noun
uk
/ˈprɒp.ə.ti/us
/ˈprɑː.pɚ.t̬i/
an object or objects that belong ...
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(Definition ofcommunalandpropertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcommunal property

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Grazing grounds arecommunalproperty.
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There was nocommunalpropertyin anything but land.
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Only 6 households said we do not likecommunalproperty.
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Second, state intervention rarely meant a questioning ofcommunalpropertyrights.
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These ranged from the administration ofcommunalpropertyto the maintenance of public order.
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It is acommunalpropertycomposed of a communal forest and lands for agricultural labour that could be cultivated individually or collectively.
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Political instability (in the extreme, civil war) is another source of uncertainty: yourcommunalpropertycould be taken away from you by force.
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Here the commune clearly operated as a means to secure credit during extreme circumstances, usingcommunalpropertyas collateral for the loans.
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The nomadic lifestyle implied a culture whereby land is treated as acommunalproperty, while livestock is considered as individual or family wealth.
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The results of the analysis do not change significantly when we consider those who said we do not likecommunalpropertyas true zeros.
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The rest wascommunalproperty.
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If the security of acommunalpropertyis uncertain (owing to whichever of the above reasons), the private returns expected from collective work on it are low.
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There was an attitude of general extravagance in dealing withcommunalproperty.
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Perhaps they would be encouraged properly to look after their own property andcommunalproperty.
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Onlycommunalpropertycan be given away in such a manner.
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The community claims the lands arecommunalproperty.
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The first is that they cannot produce motive power to move men to make them work forcommunalproperty.
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I do not think they were as careful ofcommunalpropertyas they would have been of their own.
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This conflict was often at the heart of outlaw legends themselves that hinged on competing interpretations of legitimacy likening vengeance to justice and theft to liberation ofcommunalproperty.
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There was attributed to great difficulty in 1773 issues related to the clearing ofcommunalproperty.
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In 1934 the owner died and the estate became acommunalproperty.
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Dehesas may be private orcommunalproperty(usually belonging to the municipality).
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Income fromcommunalpropertyprovided funding for large projects, such as forming daughter colonies for the growing population.
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After his death, the communal structure gradually collapsed and thecommunalpropertywas split among the community members.
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In agricultural communes land and tools werecommunalpropertyand the product was distributed "per capita" (per mouth).
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