Propriety
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Massachusetts colonial ordinance of 1741 is nearly, if not precisely, equivalent to property. Com. v. Alger, 7 Cash.' (Mass.) 53, 70.
In old English law. Property. "Propriety in action; propriety in possession; mixed propriety." Hale, Anal. § 26.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old English law. Property.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
In Mass. colonial ordinance of 1741 is nearly, if not precisely, equivalent to property. Commonwealth v. Alger, 7 CusA. 53, 70. A term applied to an appearance or pleading interposed by a party personally, as distinguished from a like proceeding by attorney. Thus an early rule of pleading at common law was, that pleas to the jurisdiction of the court must be pleaded in propria persona, because if pleaded by attorney they admitted the jurisdiction; an attorney, being an officer of the court, was presumed to plead after having obtained leave, which admits the jurisdiction. Proprio vigore. By its own force; by its intrinsic meaning. This expression is used in construction, as expressing that certain terms have an intrinsic force and meaning, without any addition or qualification.