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common intendment.See INTENDMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

common in gross.See COMMON. [Blacks Law 8th]

common informer.A person who sues to recover a penalty in a penal action. • In some jurisdictions, such an action may be instituted either by the attorney general on behalf of the state or by a common informer. See INFORMER; penal action under ACTION(4).[Blacks Law 8th]

common highway.See HIGHWAY[Blacks Law 8th]

common heritage of mankind.Int’l law. The parts of the earth and cosmos that can be said to belong to all humanity, without regard for geographic location, and that should be protected and administered for its benefit. • The term embraces the ocean floor and its subsoil, and outer space.— Also termed common heritage of humankind. [Blacks…

common gambler. 1. One who owns or is employed by a gambling establishment; a bookmaker. 2. A professional gambler. • A person who gambles but not customarily, habitually, or frequently, and who does not rely on gambling for a living, is considered a casual gambler, not a common gambler. [Blacks Law 8th]

common-fund doctrine.The principle that a litigant who creates, discovers, increases, or preserves a fund to which others also have a claim is entitled to recover litigation costs and attorney’s fees from that fund. — Also termed equitable-fund doctrine. [Cases: Attorney and Client  155.C.J.S. Attorney and Client §§ 332–335.] [Blacks Law 8th]

common fishery.See FISHERY(2).[Blacks Law 8th]

common fine.See FINE(4). [Blacks Law 8th]

common external tariff.See TARIFF(2).[Blacks Law 8th]