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communio bonorum (k<<schwa>>-myoo-nee-oh b<<schwa>>-nor-<<schwa>>m). [Latin “community of goods”] Civil law. Commonly owned goods, esp. those held in common by a husband and wife. Pl. communiones bonorum. [Blacks Law 8th]

communings (k<<schwa>>-myoo-nings), n. Scots law. Contract negotiations. [Blacks Law 8th]

communi dividundo.See actio de communi dividundo under ACTIO. [Blacks Law 8th]

communi consensu (k<<schwa>>-myoo-nI k<<schwa>>n-sen-s[y]oo). [Latin] By common consent. [Blacks Law 8th]

communicative evidence.See testimonial evidence under EVIDENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

communication right.Copyright. The power of a copyright owner to authorize or prohibit the transmission of a work to the public by way of interactive on-demand systems such as the Internet. • This right is included in the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the European Commission’s Directive on the Information Society. [Blacks Law 8th]

communication. 1. The expression or exchange of information by speech, writing, gestures, or conduct; the process of bringing an idea to another’s perception. 2. The information so expressed or exchanged. conditionally privileged communication.A defamatory statement made in good faith by a person with an interest in a subject to someone who also has an interest…

communia precepta (k<<schwa>>-myoo-nee-<<schwa>> pree-sep-t<<schwa>>). [Latin] Hist. Common precepts; common rules. [Blacks Law 8th]

communibus annis (k<<schwa>>-myoo-ni-b<<schwa>>s an-is). [Latin] Hist. On the average of years; on the annual average. “[T]he money arising from corn rents is, communibus annis, almost double to the rents reserved in money.” 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 322 (1766). [Blacks Law 8th]

communia (k<<schwa>>-myoo-nee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Hist. Things owned in common, such as running water, the air, and the sea. [Blacks Law 8th]