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So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.
William Blackstone

Meaning of "private property" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIVATE PROPERTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Private property is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRIVATE PROPERTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

private property

Private property

Private property is a legal designation of the ownership of property by non-governmental legal entities. Private property is distinguishable from public property, which is owned by a state entity; and collective property, which is owned by a group of non-governmental entities. Private property is further distinguished from personal property, which refers to property for personal use and consumption. Categorization of collective property can be indeterminable, such as in a not-for-profit private university; or determinable, such as in the case of a legal partnership.

Definition of private property in the English dictionary

The definition of private property in the dictionary is land or belongings owned by a person or group and kept for their exclusive use.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIVATE PROPERTY

private limited company
private means
private member
private member´s bill
private ownership
private parts
private patient
private pay bed
private practice
private press
private prosecution
private school
private secretary
private sector
private soldier
private study
private treaty
private tuition
private view
private viewdata

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIVATE PROPERTY

at liberty
bare property
champerty
community property
disproperty
Flaherty
fuel poverty
intangible property
intellectual property
liberty
lost property
personal property
poverty
property
puberty
public property
qwerty
real property
Statue of Liberty
take the liberty

Synonyms and antonyms of private property in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «private property» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY

Find out the translation of private property to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of private property from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «private property» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

私有财产
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

propiedad privada
570 millions of speakers

English

private property
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निजी संपत्ति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُلْكِيَّةٌ خَاصَّة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

частная собственность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

propriedade privada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যক্তিগত সম্পত্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

propriété privée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Harta peribadi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Privateigentum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

個人の所有物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사유 재산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Properti pribadi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tài sản riêng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தனியார் சொத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाजगी मालमत्ता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kişiye ait mülk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proprietà privata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

własność prywatna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приватна власність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

proprietate privată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιδιωτική περιουσία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

private eiendom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

enskild egendom
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

privat eiendom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of private property

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIVATE PROPERTY»

The term «private property» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.107 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRIVATE PROPERTY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «private property» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «private property» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about private property

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10 QUOTES WITH «PRIVATE PROPERTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word private property.
1
William Blackstone
So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.
2
Michael Bloomberg
Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?
3
Dave Brat
If you really want to help the rest of the world, what you've got to do is encourage free markets, private property rights and the strong rule of law and get rid of the dictators in a lot of these countries.
4
Vladimir Bukovsky
The dream of socialists, the Maximum Programme, has always been to eliminate the private property, the family and the nation state. With the private property they have not succeeded, but they continue on the path of destruction of the family and the nation.
5
Matt Cartwright
The bottom line is that weather events not only threaten private property and family budgets, but they also can decimate public resources and government coffers.
6
Barbara Castle
Why not pool your resources? And so we broke into the concept of the sacredness of private property.
7
Ralph Chaplin
It seems the most logical thing in the world to believe that the natural resources of the Earth, upon which the race depends for food, clothing and shelter, should be owned collectively by the race instead of being the private property of a few social parasites.
8
Anatoly Chubais
The Bolsheviks started not just on the killing of private property; they were trying to abolish money itself.
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Anatoly Chubais
Private property is a very fundamental and very long-term institution.
10
Adrian Cronauer
The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIVATE PROPERTY»

Discover the use of private property in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to private property and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Modern Corporation and Private Property
This volume remains of valuable to all those concerned with the evolution of this major social institution.
‎1991
2
The Right to Private Property
Can the right to private property be claimed as one of the `rights of mankind'? This is the central question of this comprehensive and critical examination of the subject of private property.
Jeremy Waldron, 1990
3
Private Property and the Constitution
But my debts here are so numerous and diverse as to defy a comprehensive and exact accountin
Bruce Ackerman, 2008
4
Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain
If legal scholar Richard Epstein is right, then the New Deal is wrong, if not unconstitutional. Epstein develops a coherent normative theory that permits us to distinguish between permissible takings for public use and impermissible ones.
Richard Allen EPSTEIN, Richard Allen Epstein, 2009
5
On Private Property: Finding Common Ground on the Ownership ...
With this important book, conversations about landowner responsibility can finally move beyond bumper-sticker debates.
Eric T. Freyfogle, 2009
6
Private Property and the Limits of American ...
Jennifer Nedelsky's provocative study places this claim in an utterly new light, tracing its origins to the Framers' preoccupation with the protection of private property.
Jennifer Nedelsky, 1994
7
Private Property
There’s nothing casual about this caper… Jodi Tyler has loved and lost too many times to believe in happily ever after.
Leah Braemel, 2009
8
John Locke and the Origins of Private Property: ...
A close study of the main Lockean texts revises our understanding of Locke the individualist.
Matthew H. Kramer, 2004
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884), was a provocative and profoundly influential critique of the Victorian nuclear family.
Friedrich Engels, 2010
10
Private Property
Based loosely on Constant’s own experiences, Private Property is at once deeply moving and intellectually exacting, an exploration of identity, home, and the tenuous relationship between mothers and daughters.
Paule Constant, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIVATE PROPERTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term private property is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The 'Private Property' Chokehold on Equality
So much so this new "divine right of private property" allows a gang of ... Amassed private property is an epic world problem, thus wide reform is ... «OpEdNews, Jul 15»
2
Private property prices fall again
Sunday, Jul 26, 2015. Home Shares. 1. Private property prices fell again in the April to June period - the seventh consecutive quarter of decline. While the ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
3
Public policy vs. private property: Housing fight looms in Fresno
Christy Hall, right, and her 14-year-old daughter Ivorie, take a break from unpacking after moving into their new 2-bedroom apartment at Parc ... «Fresno Bee, Jul 15»
4
Private property prices down for 7th straight quarter: URA
Prices of private residential properties fell by 0.9 per cent in the second quarter following a 1 per cent decline in the previous quarter, the Urban ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
5
Drinking OK in cars on private property, court rules
Go ahead, Iowans. Crack a cold one in your Camaro, Corvette or Camry. Just make sure you're parked on private property. A three-judge panel ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
6
Buckeye brush fire burns on private property
The fire was moving through private property near Germann Road and 187th Avenue. BLM officials said the fire was about 2 miles away from ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
7
Open containers OK on private property
KIMT News 3 – Cracking open a beer in your car has just been made easier, as long as you do so on private property. An Iowa Appeals Court ... «KIMT 3, Jul 15»
8
FFRF says 'Jesus sign,' unconstitutional, even if on private property
In a letter sent Wednesday by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) to the Hawkins city council, the non-profit foundation said it objects to the “Jesus ... «KSLA-TV, Jul 15»
9
A California Bill That Would Ban Drones Over Private Property Gets …
In 1946, Thomas Lee Causby, a chicken farmer in Greensboro, N.C., sued the U.S. government because low-flying military aircraft sowed terror ... «SF Weekly, Jul 15»
10
ACLU Challenges Law Enforcement's Seizure, Sale of Private
In Arizona, law enforcement officials can seize and sell private property they suspect has been used in criminal activity. A lot of states have ... «Arizona Public Media, Jul 15»

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