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 ship, follows the condition of the keel. Dig. 6, 1, 61. If a man builds a vessel from the very keel with the materials of another, the vessel belongs to the owner of the materials. 2 Kent, Comm. 362.
Proprietas verbonem est sains propietatum. Jenk. Cent. 16. Propriety of words is the salvation of property.