proprietarios
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 31 U.S. 691 - The United States v. Don Fernando De La Maza Arredondo · 1832Most cited · 344 citing opinions
owners, but not 'owners in possession of such land.' The intention of the Spanish grantor is too apparent to be mistaken by any tribunal authorized to decide judicially on the true construction of a contract according to the meaning and intention of the contracting parties.
How often courts cite the case defining “proprietarios”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “proprietarios” — 346 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.