Community Property

Definition of Community Property

Meaning of community property, related to United States investment and financial law, in the American Legal Dictionary. See also related words and terms of community property below.

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Further Reading

• Information about community property in: John Downes and Jordan Elliot Goodman, “Dictionary of finance and investment terms” (Hauppauge, New York, Barron's, 2014)
• Information about community property in: Jerry Martin Rosenberg, “Dictionary of investing” (New York, Wiley)
• Information about community property in: Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary

Meaning of Community Property

This is a brief definition of community property; a term used, in general, in the field of procedural law within the United States: Property acquired during marriage and owned by both husband and wife.