com·mu·ni·ty n pl -ties
1: the people who live in a particular place or region and usu. are linked by some common interests
2 a: the mass of community property owned by a husband and wife
a spouse may not...lease to a third person his undivided interest in the community or in particular things of the community — Louisiana Civil Code
b: the entity created upon the marriage of a husband and wife for the purposes of ownership of property in community property states
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.