876.11 Public place defined.

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Florida Code › Title XLVI › Chapter 876 › Section 876.11

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For the purpose of ss. 876.11-876.21 the term “public place” includes all walks, alleys, streets, boulevards, avenues, lanes, roads, highways, or other ways or thoroughfares dedicated to public use or owned or maintained by public authority; and all grounds and buildings owned, leased by, operated, or maintained by public authority.

History: s. 1, ch. 26542, 1951.

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