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Definition of Public square

1. Noun. An open area at the meeting of two or more streets.

2. Noun. A place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Public Square

public relations man public relations person public school public schools public sector public sectors public security public servant public servants public service

public service announcements public services public speaker public speaking public square (current term) public telephone public toilet public transit public transits public transport

public transports public treasury public trust public utility public violence public works publically publican publicans

Literary usage of Public square

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The portion of the square not covered by the courthouse has continuously since then been used by the general public as a public square, and the courthouse ..."

2. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"Use of public square by County. — A county has no inherent right to appropriate the exclusive use of a public square in a town, not dedicated expressly to ..."

3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Dillon, In his work on Municipal Corporations, § 509, says: "The uses and purposes of a public square are In some respects different from those of a public ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1913)
"... declared by that court to constitute the public square or plaza of the town, devoted to public uses, since such suit is like an ordinary action a( law. ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The exorcises were usually brought to a close by the burning in the public square of cards, dice, musical instruments, etc. He always carried with him a ..."

6. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1890)
"Cottage City (public square), 143 Mass. 521 (1887), where the cases are collected by Holmes, J. Indictment for obstructing public square of St. Albans by a ..."

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