Propound
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To offer; to propose; as, the onus probandi in every case lies upon the PR0PRE8. In French Law. The term propres or Mens propres is used to denote that property which has come to an individual from his relations, either in a direct line, ascending or descending, or from a collateral line, whether the same have come by operation of law or by devise. Propres is used in opposition to acquits. Pothier, Des Propres; 2 Burge, Confl. of Law 61. v PROPRIA PERSONA (Lat in his own person). It is a rule in pleading that pleas to the jurisdiction of the court must be plead in propria persona, because if pleaded by attorney they admit the jurisdiction, as an attorney is an officer of the court, and he is presumed to plead after having obtained leave, which admits the jurisdiction. Lawes, PI.
91.
An appearance may be in propria persona, and need not be by attorney.