special property
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 290 U.S. 59 - Oakes v. Lake · 1933Most cited · 26 citing opinions
where the receiver has taken possession of property in pursuance of his appointment, a special property is thereby vested in him which enables him to maintain a suit for the recovery of the property in a foreign jurisdiction; and that the principle upon which that may be done is 'one of law and not of comity.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
That property in a thing which gives a qualified or limited right. See "Property."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That property in a evidence of its contents. 3 T. R. 151. See thing which gives a qualified or limited right. Ames, Lect. Leg. Hist. 104. See Property. See Bond; Debt; Obligation; Seal.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Property of a qualified, temporary, or limited nature ; as distinguished from absolute, general, or unconditional property. Such is the property of a bailee in the article bailed, of a sheriff in goods temporarily in his hands under a levy, of the finder of lost goods while looking for the owner, of a person in wild animals which he has caught. Stief v. Hart, 1 N. Y. 24; Moulton v. Witherell, 52 Me. 242; Eisendrath v. Knaiier, 64 111. 402; Phelps v. People, 72 N. Y. 357.
Defined under Property in Black's Law Dictionary.