Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

nine states). Intangible property is property which has no physical form but which is manifested in some document or certficate and which has a value in currency which is either expressed in the document or accorded to it by the market or some other measure of value. Intellectual property is all property created by the human mind or intellect, e.g., an idea, copyright, patent, for mula, trademark, invention, etc. Personal property is all moveable property, not including growing crops. Real property consists of all interests in land, buildings and crops and in fixtures attached to the land or buildings. PROPINQUI ET CONSANGUINEI [L. propinqus / nearby + et / and + con sanguineus / related by blood] The nearest of kin to a decedent; next of kin. PROPONENT [L. pro + pono, ponere / to lay down, put, place] A person who advocates a cause or issue or who argues in favor of an idea or proposition. The proponent of a will is the person who offers the will for pro bate. PROPOSE, PROPOSAL [L. proponere / to put forth, expose; to publish; to propose] To suggest for consideration by others. To offer an idea for debate or discus sion. To introduce legislation or a plan of action. To make an offer of mar riage. PROPRIA PERSONA (PRO PERSONA) [L. propria , proprius / one’s own, for oneself + persona / mask, role, character, person] In one’s own behalf. A person appears in an action propria persona when he prepares his own papers, argues his own motion or tries his own case, without benefit of an attorney. See IN PROPRIA PERSONA; PRO SE PROPRIETARY [L. proprius , proprietas / property, ownership] Describes anything owned, used, traded or marketed under an exclusive legal right, e.g., an inventor’s right over his invention. Anything privately owned and managed. A proprietary drug is a medication over which one pharma ceutical company has exclusive rights. A proprietary lease defines the rela tionship between a co-op residential association and its tenant-shareholders. A proprietary function is a function of a local government which is discre tionary and not mandatory: example: a city-owned opera house or theatre is discretionary and therefore proprietary ; police protection is mandatory and not proprietary. Also, anything which is the private property of an individual.

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