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Definition of Property
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Property
That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as, sweetness is a property of sugar. An acquired or artificial quality; that which is given by art, or bestowed by man; as, the poem has the properties which constitute excellence. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying, and disposing of a thing; ownership; title. That to which a person has a legal title, whether in his possession or not; thing owned; an estate, whether in lands, goods, or money; as, a man of large property, or small property. All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites. Propriety; correctness. To invest which properties, or qualities. To make a property of; to appropriate. Related Definitions:
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Property Quotations
When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. Thomas Jefferson Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men. Ralph Waldo Emerson As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. James Madison Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them. Henry David Thoreau Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. Aristotle |
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Property Translations
property in Afrikaans is boereplaas, plaas property in Dutch is landgoed, boerderij, bezitting property in Finnish is laatu, ominaisuus, maatila property in German is Eigentum, Besitz, Eigenschaft property in Latin is qualitas, possessio property in Portuguese is fazenda, granja, propriedade property in Spanish is tenencia, granja, finca, pertenencia, calidad |
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