In its strict sense, this word signifies one who is master of his actions, and who has the free disposition of his property. During the colonial government of Pennsylvania, William Penn was called the proprietary. 2. The domain which William Penn and his family had in the state, was, during the Revolutionary war, divested by the act of June 28, 1779, from that family and vested … [Read more...]

Kindred; parentage. Vide. Affinity; Consanguinity; Next of kin. … [Read more...]

adj. Relating or pertaining to ownership, belonging or pertaining to a single individual owner. Proprietary articles. Goods manufactured under some exclusive individual right to make and sell them. The term is chiefly used in the internal revenue laws of the United States. See Ferguson v. Arthur, 117 U. S. 482, 6 Sup. Ct. 861, 2d L. Ed. 979; In re Gourd (C. C.) 49 Fed. 729. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. The son or daughter of a great-uncle or great-aunt paternal or maternal. Inst. 3, 6, 3. … [Read more...]

n. A proprietor or owner; one who has the exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses or holds the title to a thing in his own right. The grantees of Pennsylvania and Maryland and their heirs were called the proprietaries of those provinces. Webster. … [Read more...]