community

noun | com·mu·ni·ty

1. : the people who live in a particular place or region and usually 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 — see also community property at property, regime