Propres
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In French law. The term "propres" or "Mens propres" (as distinguished from "acquets") denotes all property inherited by a person, whether by devlse or ab intestato, from his direct or collateral relatives, whether in the ascending or descending line; that is, in terms of the common law, property acquired by "descent" as dlstinguished from that acquired by "purchase."