Category: dictionaries

For; on account of. The initial word of several Latin phrases Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To divide, share, or distribute proportionally; to assess or apportion pro rata. Formed from the Latin phrase “pro rata,” and said to […]

Lat. By its own force; by its intrinsic meaning. Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Spanish and Mexican law. Productive lands, the usufruct of which had been set apart to the several municipalities for the purpose […]

This term is almost synonymous with “owner,” (q. v.,) as in the phrase “riparian proprietor.” A person en-titled to a trade-mark or […]

In Massachusetts colo-nial ordinance of 1741 is nearly, if not pre-clsely, equivalent to property. Com. v. Alger, 7 Cush. (Mass.) 53, 70 […]

Lat. In the civil and old English law. Property; that which is one’s own; ownership Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

See In Pbo Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Spanlsh law. Prop-erty. whlte, New Recop. b. 1, tit 7, c; 5, 12 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

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 French law. The term “propres" or “biens propres" (as distin-guished from “acquets") denotes all proper-ty inherited hy a person, whether by […]

A slngle loglcal sen-tence; also an ofTer to do a thlng. See Per-ry v. Dwelling House Ins. Co., 67 N. H. 291. […]

Lat. The persou pro-posed; the person from whom a descent is traced Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old records. Pur-port; intention or meaning. Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An offer; something prof-fered. An offer, by one person to another, of terms and conditions with reference to some work or undertaking, […]

In Sootob law. To state. To propone a defense is to state or move it. 1 Kames, Eq. pref Source: Black's Law […]

The propounder of a thing. Thus, the proponent of a will is the party who offers it for probate, (q. v Source: […]

Lat. In the civil law. The son or daughter of a great-uncle or great-aunt; paternal or maternal. Iust. 3, 6, 3 Source: […]

In Spanish law. Certain portions of ground laid off and reserved when a town was founded in Span-ish America as the unalienable […]

Rightful dominion over external objects; ownership; the unrestrict-ed and exclusive right to a thing; the right to dispose of the substance of […]

Kindred; parentage Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandfather’s brother. Inst. 3, 6, 3; Bract, fol. 68b Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

That which is fit, suitable, adapted, and correct. See Knox v. Lee, 12 wall. 457, 20 L. Ed. 287; Griswold v. Hep […]

Lat. In the civil law. The wife of a grandson or great-grandson. ■Dig. 38, 10, 4, 6 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]