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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Property, or worldly substance. As thus used, it denotes property in a more extensive sense than goods.
2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 284; 223 111. 538.
It includes all kinds of personalty (9 "West. Rep. 403), unless limited by context (13 Ves. 89). Whether or not it includes realty depends on the context. In 89 N. C. 447, it was held to include realty.
Contra, 15 Mees. & W. 450.