For; on account of. The initial word of several Latin phrases
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To divide, share, or distribute proportionally; to assess or apportion pro rata. Formed from the Latin phrase “pro rata,” and said to he a recognized English word. Rosenberg v. Frank, 58 Cal. 405
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Lat. By its own force; by its intrinsic meaning.
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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, 90 Tex. 1, 36 S. W. 413; Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 554
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This term is almost synonymous with “owner,” (q. v.,) as in the phrase “riparian proprietor.” A person en-titled 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. Roach, 72 111. 181; Tuengling v. Schile (C. C.) 12 Fed. 105; Hunt v. Curry, 37 Ark. 105; werckmelster v. Springer Lithographing Co. (C. C.) 63 Fed. 811
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In Massachusetts colo-nial ordinance of 1741 is nearly, if not pre-clsely, equivalent to property. Com. v. Alger, 7 Cush. (Mass.) 53, 70
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Lat. In the civil and old English law. Property; that which is one’s own; ownership
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In Spanlsh law. Prop-erty. whlte, New Recop. b. 1, tit 7, c; 5, 12
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An executor or other per-son is sald to propound a wlll or other testa-mentary paper when he takes proceedings for obtaining probate in solemn form. The term is also technically used, in England, to denote the allegations in the statement of claim, in an action for probate, by whlch the plaintiff alleges that the testator executed the wlll with proper formalities, and that he was of sound mind at the time. Sweet
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In French law. The term “propres" or “biens propres" (as distin-guished from “acquets") denotes all proper-ty inherited hy a person, whether by devise or ab intestato, from his direct or collateral relatives, whether in the ascending or de-scending line; that is, in terms of the com-mon law, property acquired by “descent” as
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A slngle loglcal sen-tence; also an ofTer to do a thlng. See Per-ry v. Dwelling House Ins. Co., 67 N. H. 291. 33 Atl. 731, 68 Am. St. Rep. 668; Hubbard ▼. woodaum, 87 Me. 88, 32 Atl. 802
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Lat. The persou pro-posed; the person from whom a descent is traced
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In old records. Pur-port; intention or meaning. Cowell
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An offer; something prof-fered. An offer, by one person to another, of terms and conditions with reference to some work or undertaking, or for the trans-fer of property, the acceptance whereof will make a contract between them. Eppes v. Mississippi, G. A T. R. Co., 35 Ala. 33
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In Sootob law. To state. To propone a defense is to state or move it. 1 Kames, Eq. pref
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The propounder of a thing. Thus, the proponent of a will is the party who offers it for probate, (q. v
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Lat. In the civil law. The son or daughter of a great-uncle or great-aunt; paternal or maternal. Iust. 3, 6, 3
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In Spanish law. Certain portions of ground laid off and reserved when a town was founded in Span-ish America as the unalienable property of the town, for the purpose of erecting public bulldings, markets, etc., or to be used in any other way, under the direction of the munic-ipality, for the advancement of the revenues or the prosperity of the place. 12 Fet. 442, note
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Rightful dominion over external objects; ownership; the unrestrict-ed and exclusive right to a thing; the right to dispose of the substance of a thing in every legal way, to possess lt, to use it, and to exclude every one else from Interfering with lt. Mackeld. Rom. Law, 8 266
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Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandfather’s brother. Inst. 3, 6, 3; Bract, fol. 68b
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That which is fit, suitable, adapted, and correct. See Knox v. Lee, 12 wall. 457, 20 L. Ed. 287; Griswold v. Hep
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Lat. In the civil law. The wife of a grandson or great-grandson. ■Dig. 38, 10, 4, 6
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