in propria persona
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of in propria persona
1645–55; < Latin: in one's own person
Example Sentences
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As he put it, rather more sweetly, in propria persona: "You marry to continue the conversation."
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2012
Starting, and in dread of some new horrour, Juliet looked at him aghast; while, clapping his hands, and turbently approaching her, he exclaimed, 'Yes! here she is, in propria persona!
From The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny
It was the very self of each, in propria persona, that gave these form and worth, though they used words that had come down from generations as the common heritage of English-speaking men.
From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers
I was again on the eve of resorting to the epistolary mode of communication—and had actually written the letter, intending to deliver it—not second-hand through the cochero, but, in propria persona, to the lady herself.
From The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains by Reid, Mayne
He had never seen Ferrars either in propria persona, or as Ferriss Grant.
From The Last Stroke a detective story by Lynch, Lawrence L.
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