in propria persona

[in proh-pree-uh per-soh-nuh]

adverb

Law.

1. represented by oneself and not by an attorney. in pro. per.

in propria persona

/ ɪn ˈprəʊprɪə pɜːˈsəʊnə /

adverb

1. law in person; personally

Word History and Origins

Origin of in propria persona¹

1645–55; < Latin: in one's own person

Example Sentences

Enright had, with self-amused and self-disgusted candour, written in propria persona of how easy it was to get caught up in the tabloid frenzy: making ugly and presumptuous judgments about two people we only thought we knew because they were on our front pages.

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As he put it, rather more sweetly, in propria persona: "You marry to continue the conversation."

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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.

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Still, these very slippery men always do exactly the thing which one would expect that they would not do; and on this theory only it is quite possible that Kassa may appear in propriâ personâ.

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The ransom is replaced by a romantic but more natural wooing, while the ghost appears somewhat unusually in propria persona.

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