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prop·er adj: marked by fitness or correctness; esp: being in accordance with established procedure, law, jurisdiction, or standards of care, fairness, and justiceargued that the shareholder was acting in bad faith and lacked a proper purpose for examining its recordsprop·er·ly adv
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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acceptable, accurate, adapted, apposite, appropriate, apt, aptus, becoming, befitting, condign, conventional, correct, decorous, ethical, fitting, formal, free of error, honest, idoneus, legitimate, moral, opportune, orthodox, particular, precise, rectus, relevant, respectable, right, righteous, seasonable, seemly, suitable, suited, tasteful, true, unmistaken, virtuous, well-bred
associated concepts: proper party
foreign phrases:
- Non solum quid licet, sed quid est conveniens, est considerandum; quia nihil quod est inconveniens est licitum. — Not only that which is lawful, but that which is convenient is to be considered, because nothing which is inconvenient is lawful.II index accurate, admissible, allowable, applicable, appropriate, due (regular), eligible, equitable, evenhanded, fit, fitting, formal, honest, juridical, just, justifiable, lawful, legal, licit, meritorious, moral, official, orthodox, permissible, precise, reasonable (fair), reasonable (rational), relevant, right (suitable), rightful, seasonable, several (separate), suitable, tenable, unprejudiced
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.Correct; appropriate; suitable.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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Fit; correct; reasonably sufficient. That which is well adapted or appropriate.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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Fit; correct; reasonably sufficient. That which is well adapted or appropriate.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
