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

• PRO

pro prius, one's own, possibly derived from props, near) in See also:

• POST

post-Augustan times was extended to ownership and rights of See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession . It is thus, in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the generic See also:

• TERM

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 See also:

• INTEREST

interest which the party can have " (see Langdale, M . R., in See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

Jones v . See also:

• SKINNER, JAMES (1778-1841)
• SKINNER, JOHN (1721-1807)

Skinner, 1835, 5 L . J . Ch . 90) . In See also:

• ROMAN

Roman law and in See also:

• MODERN

modern systems of law based on it, property is divided into " movables " and " immovables "; in See also:

• ENGLISH

English law, on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division is into See also:

• PERSONAL

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 See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article used on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage during the performance of a See also:

• PLAY

play .