Propound

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In the law of wills. To offer for probate.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

See Propone.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

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.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An executor or other person is said to propound a will or other testamentary paper when he takes proceedings for obtaining probate in solemn form. The term is also technically used, in England, to denote the allegations in the statement of claim, in an action for probate, by which the plaintiff alleges that the testator executed the will with proper formalities, and that he was of sound mind at the time. Sweet.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In ecclesiastical law, to present or state.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

3 To bring forward; to proffer for judicial action; to propose as genuine: as, to propound a will for probate. See Articulately. Proponent; propounder. He who offers for proof, before a court of probate, a writing purporting to be a will.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

To offer in court; to present a -will Propre,/r. Own; proper. En propre person: person.