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community property
noun
, U.S. Law.
- (in some states) property acquired by either spouse, or both together, that is considered by law to be jointly owned and equally shared.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of community property1
First recorded in 1920–25
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Example Sentences
The community property may be lost in visionary schemes or in mere whims.
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He may also sell the community property, except the homestead, without her consent.
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In that State community property may even be given away, without the wife's knowledge or consent.
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Community property, that is, property held jointly by husband and wife, is absolutely controlled by the husband in California.
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The community property, both real and personal, is under absolute control of husband and at wife's death it all belongs to him.
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