property room (pro pert i rom)

The room in a theater in which the stage properties are property-tax (prop'ėr-ti-taks), n. A direct tax imposed on the property of individuals, amounting to a certain percentage on the estimated value of their property. prophanet, prophanelyt, etc. Obsolete spellings of profane, etc. prop has is (prof'ā-sis), n. [NL., prophecy (prof'e-si), n.; pl. prophecies (-siz). [ Sone a Iew stode vp in hy, And thus he said thurgh prophecy . Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 83. The rest of the acts of Solomon, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah? 2 Chron. ix. 29. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man, but holy men of God spake as they were moved by 2 Pet. i. 21. IMG:content-1100.png:[blocks in formation] Property was thus appalled That the self was not the same. Shak ., Phœnix and Turtle, 1. 37. 8. A cloak or disguise. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] Hadst thou so cheap opinion of my birth, My breeding, or my fortunes, that none else Could serve for property of your lust but I? Shirley, Wedding, i. 3. Anharmonic, community, corporeal, descriptive property. See the qualifying words. - Cotes's properties of the circle. See circle. - De Moivre's property of the circle. See circle. - Discu ion of property. See discu ion. Focal, individual, etc., property. See the adjectives. - Mixed subjects of property. See mixed1.- Movable property. Same as personal property. - Perishable, personal, private property. See the adjectives. Property in action, ownership without po e ion, but with the present right of po e ion enforce (b) Such right as a bailee has in the chattel transferred 2. A prediction; declaration of something to come; especially, a foretelling under divine inspiration. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias. Mat. xiii. 14. A prophecy , which says that G Of Edward's heirs the murderer shall be. Shak., Rich. III., i. 1. 39. 3t. Interpretation of Scripture; religious exhortation or instruction. The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. Prov. xxx i. 1. Mr. Wilson, praying and exhorting the congregation to love, ., commended to them the exercise of prophecy in his absence. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 60. 4. In liturgics: (a) A lection from the Old Testament, especially a eucharistic or mi al lection; also, a lection in the Moz arabic daily office, and in the Greek Church at sabbath vespers on certain festivals. (b) The canticle Benedictus (Luke i. 68-79) as sung in the Gallican liturgy, afterward displaced by the Gloria in Excels is. = Syn. 1. Divination, etc. See able by action. In the broadest sense the term may include any right of action for money or other property. Compare chose in action , under chose 2. Property qualification. See qualification . - Qualified property, a limited right of ownership. (a) Such right as a man has in wild animals which he has reclaimed. Also called special property. him by the bailment. - Real property. See real. - Spe- Attribute, Characteristic, etc. See quality .-4. Property , cial property. Same as qualified property (a). Syn. 1. Effects , Chattels , Goods, Wares, Commodities , Merchandise , po e ions, wealth. Property is the general word for those material things which are one's own, whether for sale or not. Effects applies to personal property, viewed as in- cluding the things even of least value. Chattels comprises every kind of property except freehold. (See the defini- tions of the cla es real and personal , under chattel .) Goods includes a merchant's stock-in-trade, or one's movable property of any sort. Wares are manufactured articles, especially of the heavier sort, as earthenware , wooden- ware . Commodities are such movable articles as are ne- ce ities of life, and have a money value. Merchandise is the general word for articles of trade. What is proper tie ? It is a natural inclination or property , incident to one special kind; which is to be understood foure manner of waies. First, it is called proprium, which is proper to one onely kind, as to be a poet or musician is proper to man, but not to every man: secondly, it is called proper that be long eth to all the kind, but not to that kind alone: thirdly, it is said to be proper when it be long eth to one onely kind and to all that kind, but yet not alwayes, as to be bare-headed or bald is proper to man in old age, but yet not alwaies: fourthly, it is said to be proper, or rather most proper, which is incident to one kind alone, to all that kind, and alwaies, as to have a natural aptne e to laugh or to speake is proper to man onely, to every man, and alwaies, and therefore this kind of property is said to be convertible with the kind whereunto it be long eth, as whatsoever hath naturally power to speake or laugh the same is man, and whatsoever is man the same hath power 1. To invest with (certain) properties or qualito speake or laugh. Blundeville , Arte of Logicke, i. 4. 3. The right to the use or enjoyment or the beneficial right of disposal of anything that can As all the tuned spheres. Shak ., A. and C., v. 2. 83. be the subject of ownership; ownership; es- 2. To make a property or tool of; appropritate; especially, ownership of tangible things. ate.