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  • PROPRIETAS
    Lat. In the civil and old English law. Property; that which is one's own; ownership. Proprietas plena, full property, including not only the title, but the usufruct, or exclusive right to* the use. Calvin. Proprietas nuda, naked or mere property or ownership; the mere title, separate from the usufruct Proprietas More...
  • PROPRIETATE PROBANDA, DE.
    A writ addressed to a sheriff to try by an Inquest In whom certain property, previous to distress, subsisted. Finch, Law, 316. Proprietates erbornm servanda) snnt. The proprieties of words [proper meanings of words] are to be preserved or adhered to. Jenk. Cent. p. 136, case 78.
  • PROPRIETE
    The French law term corresponding to our "property," or the right of enjoying and of disposing of things in the most absolute manner, subject only to the laws. Brown.
  • PROPRIETOR
    This term is almost synonymous with "owner," (q. v.,) as in the phrase "riparian proprietor." A person entitled to a trade-mark or a design under the acts for the registration or patenting of trade-marks and designs (q. v.) is called proprietor" of the trade-mark of design. Sweet See Latham v. More...
  • PROPRIETY
    In Massachusetts colonial ordinance of 1741 is nearly, if not precisely, equivalent to property. Com. v. Alger, 7 Cush. (Mass.) 53, 70. In old English law. Property. "Propriety in action; propriety In possession; mixed propriety." Hale, Anal. ? 26.
  • PROPRIO VIGORE
    Lat By its own force; by its intrinsic meaning.
  • PROPRIOS
    In Spanish and Mexican law. Productive lands, the usufruct of which had been set apart to the several municipalities for the purpose of defraying the charges of their respective governments. Sheldon v. Milmo, 00 Tex. 1, 36 S. W. 413; Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 554.
  • PROPTER
    For; on account of. The Initial word of several Latin phrases. -Propter affectum. For or on account of some affection or prejudice. The name of a species of challenge, [q. v.)-Propter defectum. On account of or for some defect. The name of a species of challenge, (q. More...
  • PRORATE
    To divide, share, or distribute proportionally; to assess or apportion pro rata. Formed from the Latin phrase "pro rata," and said to be a recognized English word. Rosenberg v. Frank, 58 Cal. 405.
  • PROROGATED JURISDICTION
    In Scotch law. A power conferred by consent of the parties upon a judge who would not otherwise be competent.
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