The word "
proprietary" indicates that a party, or
proprietor, exercises private
ownership, control or use over an item of
property, usually to the exclusion of other parties.
A party may have interests which are similar to proprietary interests in relation to certain types of information (e.g. for a creative literary work, or for
computer software), which is the subject of certain laws, including
copyright,
patents or
trademarks. This manner of speech is often used in reference to
proprietary software.
Proprietary components are components that are unique to a specific manufacturer, and do not conform to preset standards.
Historical terms
- A proprietary colonel owed his regimental command not to promotion through the ranks, but to a venal mode of appointment by the crown. The colonelcy of a regiment formerly implied a proprietary right in it. Whether the colonel commanded it directly in the field or not, he always superintended its finance and interior economy; the emoluments of the office, in the 18th century, were often the only form of pay drawn by general officers. The general officers of the 17th and 18th centuries were invariably colonels of regiments, and in this case the active regimental command was exercised by the lieutenant colonels.
- In the colonial era, a (notably British) monarch could, as a form of indirect rule, grant proprietary rights to individuals over a proprietary colony, in which the proprietors (sometimes styled Lords Proprietors) were given exclusive control, not just ownership under private law, or to a chartered company.
- Proprietor was also the secondary title of the self-styled Leaders of the semi-independent proprietary settlement Swains Island (Jennings family, US, 1856-1926) now part of American Samoa
- A proprietary member is someone whose membership of some institution is a right derived from a specific property, especially real estate. For example, the Swansea Harbour docks and over 20 miles of adjacent railways were owned and administered by a harbour trust of 26 members: the owner of the Briton Ferry estate (Earl Jersey), 4 representing the lord of the seigniory of Gower (the duke of Beaufort), 12 proprietary members and 9 elected annually by the corporation of Swansea.
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Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over property, which may be an object, land/real estate, intellectual property or some other kind of property. It is embodied in an ownership right also referred to as title.
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Property law
Part of the common law series
Acquisition of property
Gift · Adverse possession · Deed
Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property
Alienation · Bailment · License
Estates in land
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Computer software is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, procedures and documentation that perform some task on a computer system. [1]
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Not to be confused with copywriting.
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The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely
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trademark or trade mark[1] is a distinctive sign or indicator of some kind which is used by an individual, business organization or other legal entity to uniquely identify the source of its products and/or services to consumers, and to distinguish its products or
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Proprietary software (also called non-free software or closed-source software) is software with restrictions on using, copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor.
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Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade's spelling) is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine corps and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a Major and below a Colonel.
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monarch (see sovereignty) is a type of ruler or head of state. Monarchs almost always inherit their titles and are rulers for life; that is, they have no term limit. Historically monarchs have been more or less absolute rulers.
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A proprietary colony is a colony in which one or more private land owners retain rights that are normally – and in time always became – the privilege of the state.
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Lord Proprietor was the gubernatorial, i.e. governatorial title for the noble "ruling" proprietors of certain British proprietary colonies in North America, such as Maryland or Carolina.
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A chartered company is an association formed by investors or shareholders for the purpose of trade, exploration and colonisation.
History
Typically, these companies were formed from the sixteenth century onwards by groups of European investors to underwrite and
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leadership can refer to:
- The process of leading.
- Those entities that perform one or more acts of leading.
- The ability to affect human behaviour so as to accomplish a mission designated by the leader
Terminology, usage and conceptual scope
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Motto
"Samoa, Muamua Le Atua" (Samoan)
"Samoa, Let God Be First"
Anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner, Amerika Samoa
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In Anglo-Saxon law, an exclusive right is a de facto, non-tangible prerogative existing in law (that is, the power or, in a wider sense, right) to perform an action or acquire a benefit and to permit or deny others the right to perform the same action or to acquire the same benefit.
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monopoly (from Greek monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service, in other words a firm that has no competitors in its industry.
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Business law
Business organizations
Basic forms:
Sole proprietorship
Corporation
Partnership
(General · Limited · LLP)
Cooperative
USA:
Business trust · LLC · LLLP
Delaware corporation
Nevada corporation
UK/Commonwealth:
Limited company
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In-house refers to the production of some commodity or service, such as a television program, using a company's own funds, staff, or resources.
This is in contrast to production being outsourced (contracted out) to another company.
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Custom may refer to:
- Custom (law) or customary law, laws and regulations established by common practice
- Custom (guitar), a model of guitar made by Fender
- Custom (musician), stage name for New York based musician Duane Lavold
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