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Definition of Public works

Public works
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 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. (a) See International law, under International. (b) 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.

Meaning of Public works from wikipedia

- Public works are a broad category of infrastructure projects, financed and procured by a government body for recreational, employment, and health and safety...
- The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by...
- The Central Public Works Department (CPWD, Hindi: केंद्रीय लोक निर्माण विभाग) is a department under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs of India...
- The Office of Public Works (OPW) (Irish: Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí) (legally the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland) is a major Irish Government...
- The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for legislation and oversight of the natural and built environment and...
- of the current Public Works and Government Services portfolio were divided between the now-defunct posts of Minister of Public Works and Minister of...
- the public domain either by virtue of their having been created before copyright existed, or by their copyright term having expired. Some works are not...
- Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) (Welsh: Bwrdd Benthyciadau Gwaith Cyhoeddus) was a statutory body of the UK Government that provided loans to public bodies...
- Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC; French: Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada), formerly Public Works and Government Services Canada...
- Public Works of Art may refer to: Public art Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), U.S. government program, 1933–1934 This disambiguation page lists articles...