Definition of Publec
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 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.
Pub"lic, n. 1. The
general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the
people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a
particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's
public.
The public is more disposed to censure than to
praise. Addison.
2. A public house; an inn. [Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.
In public, openly; before an audience or the
people at large; not in private or secrecy. "We are to speak
in public." Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- having to do with the affairs or official affairs of all people, as opposed to just a private group
- the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group. A police notice may read Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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