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