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propriety

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Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.

That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity.

The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc.

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Abiding by laws, conventions and a sense of constitutional propriety represented a faith in the eternal state itself—a kind of Roman “originalism.” Source: Internet

According to the President, good virtues and propriety were the hallmarks of every culture in Nigeria, while crime is an exception. Source: Internet

All five of these authors used the colloquial term " hermaphrodite " as the foundation of their taxonomies, although Simpson himself questioned the propriety of the word in his publication. Source: Internet

As a girl, Acker was expected to act with ladylike propriety in this oppressive, well-to-do environment, yet she was fascinated by pirates, a fascination that continued until the end of her life. Source: Internet

From 1821 to 1826 she attended a school run by the Miss Byerlys at Barford House, and after that Avonbank in Stratford-on-Avon where she received the traditional education in arts, the classics, decorum and propriety given to young ladies at the time. Source: Internet

Democrats and Republicans spent the morning and early afternoon trading accusations and arguments about Barrett's ideological views, and the propriety of confirming her just weeks before the election. Source: Internet

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