Proprietor
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Owner. A penalty imposed upon " the proprietor or proprietors" of any railroad, &c., for negligence causing the death of a passenger, may be enforced against a corporation owning and operating a railroad. Commonwealth !).
Boston & Worcester K. R. Corp., 11 Gush. 512.
A widow occupying the lands of her husband, with his children, the heirs at law, before the assignment of dower, is not a "tenant" or "proprietor," within the stat ute, and is not liable for the taxes; and a purchase by her, at a sale for taxes, under the statute, will not be set aside in favor of creditors of her deceased husband.
Branson V. Yancy, 1 Dev. Eq. 77.