propers legal definition of propers. propers synonyms by the Free Online Law Dictionary.

Fit; correct; reasonably sufficient. That which is well adapted or appropriate.

Proper care is the degree of care a reasonable, prudent person would use under similar circumstances.

A proper party is an individual who has an interest in the litigation. He or she can be joined—that is, brought into the action—but his or her nonjoinder will not result in a dismissal. A substantial judicial decree can still be rendered in the absence of a proper party. A proper party is distinguishable from a necessary party in that the latter must be joined in order to give complete relief to the litigants.

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PROPER. That which is essential, suitable, adapted, and correct.
2. Congress is authorized by art, 1, s. 8, of the constitution of the United States, "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper, for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution of the United States, in any department. or officer thereof." See Necessary and Proper.

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This is how Calvin earned his propers as the founder of Western-style capitalism. Financial globalization and crony capitalism by Tiemstra, John P. / Cross Currents Approved Propers for Florence Li Tim Oi, the first woman priest in the Anglican Communion (who spent her last years in an Anglican parish in Toronto), and Emily Ayckbown, founder of the Community of Sisters of the Church (Anglican) established in England, whose first overseas venture was in Canada. Other CoGS business by Anglican Journal But the equally frisky lesbian culture of that era did not get its propers until the turn of the 21st century, when out former academic Sarah Waters [see page 59] began turning her knowledge of lesbian lore (and Victorian porn) into a series of compulsively readable novels, the first being 1999's Tipping the Velvet. My life as a Victorian dyke: Tipping the Velvet star Rachael Stirling ... by Stockwell, Anne / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) More results

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This is how Calvin earned his propers as the founder of Western-style capitalism.

Financial globalization and crony capitalism by Tiemstra, John P. / Cross Currents

Approved Propers for Florence Li Tim Oi, the first woman priest in the Anglican Communion (who spent her last years in an Anglican parish in Toronto), and Emily Ayckbown, founder of the Community of Sisters of the Church (Anglican) established in England, whose first overseas venture was in Canada.

Other CoGS business by Anglican Journal

But the equally frisky lesbian culture of that era did not get its propers until the turn of the 21st century, when out former academic Sarah Waters [see page 59] began turning her knowledge of lesbian lore (and Victorian porn) into a series of compulsively readable novels, the first being 1999's Tipping the Velvet.

My life as a Victorian dyke: Tipping the Velvet star Rachael Stirling ... by Stockwell, Anne / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

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