PROPERTY  , that which is peculiarly one's own, that which belongs to or is characteristic of an individual . The Latin proprietas (formed from

pro prius, one's own, possibly derived from props, near) in post-Augustan times was extended to ownership and rights of possession . It is thus, in law, the generic term for rights of ownership and for things subject to the rights of ownership . It is " the most comprehensive of all terms which can be used, inasmuch as it is indicative and descriptive of every possible interest which the party can have " (see Langdale, M . R., in Jones v . Skinner, 1835, 5 L . J . Ch . 90) . In Roman law and in modern systems of law based on it, property is divided into " movables " and " immovables "; in English law, on the other hand, the division is into personal property, including chattels real, and real property (see PERSONAL PROPERTY and REAL PROPERTY) . Theatrical usage has given a specific meaning to the word, that of any article used on the stage during the performance of a play .