Proprietary Rights
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Those rights which an owner of property has by virtue of his ownership. When proprietary rights are opposed to acquired rights, such as easements, franchises, etc., they are more often called "natural rights." PROPRIETAS (Lat.)
In the civil and old English law. Property; that which is one's own; ownership. Proprietas Nuda. Naked or mere property or ownership; the mere title, separate from the usufruct. Proprietas Plena. FvM property, including not only the title, but the usufruct, or exclusive right to the use. Calv. Lex. PROPRIETAS TOTIUS MAVIS CARINAE causam sequltur. The property of the whole ship follows the ownership of the keel. Dig. 6. 1. 61. Provided it had not been constructed with the materials of another. Id.; 2 Kent, Comm. 362. PROPRIETAS VERBORUM EST SALUS proprietatum. The propriety of words Is the safety of property.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Those rights which an owner of property has by virtue of his ownership. When proprietary rights are opposed to acquired rights, such as easements, franchises, etc., they are more often called "natural rights." Sweet.
Defined under Proprietary in Black's Law Dictionary.