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real property owned by a group of tenants in a condominium or subdivision which everyone has the right to use, land that is owned by the government which everyone can use
The bicycles were common property and anyone in the apartment complex could use them.
the rights that each individual has to be protected by the law
Although the man was accused of theft by his employer, he knew that he was entitled to due process of law and would have no problems proving his innocence.
Don't let the cat out of the bag about Susan's Christmas present. At medieval markets, unscrupulous traders would display a pig for sale. However, the pig was always given to the customer in a bag, with strict instructions not to open the bag until they were some way away. The trader would hand the customer a bag containing something that wriggled, and it was only later that the buyer would find he'd been conned when he opened the bag to reveal that it contained a cat, not a pig. Therefore, "letting the cat out of the bag" revealed the secret of the con trick.