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PROPINQUITY

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

PROPRIETARY (ADJ)

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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...] about PROPRIETARY (ADJ)

PROPIOR SOBRINO, PROPIOR SOBRINA.

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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...] about PROPIOR SOBRINO, PROPIOR SOBRINA.

PROPRIETARY (NOUN)

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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...] about PROPRIETARY (NOUN)

PROMOTIONAL STOCK

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Stock issued by a new corporation and used as payment for services which are performed to put the company together. Some states limit the amount of promotional stock that may be given to a promoter. … [Read more...] about PROMOTIONAL STOCK

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