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Public stores

Public \Pub"lic\, a. [L. publicus, poblicus, fr. populus people: cf. F. public. See People.]

  1. Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury.

    To the public good Private respects must yield.
    --Milton.

    He [Alexander Hamilton] touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet.
    --D. Webster.

  2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.

    Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
    --Matt. i. 19.

  3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house. ``The public street.'' --Shak. public act or public statute (Law), an act or statute affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts take judicial notice. Public credit. See under Credit. Public funds. See Fund, 3. Public house, an inn, or house of entertainment. Public law.

    1. See International law, under International.

    2. A public act or statute.

      Public nuisance. (Law) See under Nuisance.

      Public orator. (Eng. Universities) See Orator, 3.

      Public stores, military and naval stores, equipments, etc.

      Public works, all fixed works built by civil engineers for public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed at the public cost.

Usage examples of "public stores".

Thereupon Phillips proceeded downriver to Jamestown Island, destroying ships, tobacco warehouses, and public stores in Chesterfield, Manchester, and Warwick before occupying Petersburg, which he turned into his base.

Then that tool must play on the frailties of an unfortunate or weak examiner at the Public Stores where all invoices and merchandise from foreign countries are examined.

They lay up in the public stores, all the corn that was found in the ships, and reserve the rest of their lading and convoy for the siege of the town, should such an event take place.

He knows the Public Stores Act isn't so serious and he could well have only a misdemeanour charge for receiving.