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Apportioned appropriately. See pro-rata. … [Read more...] about PRORATION

Scotch law. That jurisdiction, which, by the consent of the parties, is conferred upon a judge, who, without such consent, would be incompetent. 2. At common law, when a party is entitled to some privilege or exemption from jurisdiction, he may waive it, and then the jurisdiction is complete; but the consent cannot give jurisdiction. … [Read more...] about PROROGATED JURISDICTION

Rights that belong to the owner of a business. In intellectual property it refers to ownership of rights that are a result of owning an object, a patented process, property or other item. … [Read more...] about PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

Prolonging or putting off to another day. In English law, a prorogation is the continuance of the parliament from one session to another, as an adjournment is a continuation of the session from day to day. Wharton. In the civil law. The giving time to do a thing beyond the term previously fixed. Dig. 2, 14, 27, L … [Read more...] about PROROGATION

Lat. In the civil and old English law. Property; that which is one's own; ownership. Proprietas plena, full property, including not only the title, but the usufruct, or exclusive right to the use. Calvin. Proprietas nuda, naked or mere property or ownership; the mere title, separate from the usufruct Proprietas totins navis carina eansam sequitur. The property of the whole … [Read more...] about PROPRIETAS