PROPRES, French law. The term propres or biens propres, is used to denote
that property which has come to an individual from his relations, either in
a direct line, ascending or descending, or from a collateral line, whether
the same have come by operation of law or by devise. Propres is used. in
opposition to acquets. Poth. Des. Propres; 2 Burge, Confl. of Laws, 61; 2 L.
R. S.