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in propria persona

in propria persona adverb: by the person themselves; often used when a defendant is representing themselves in court without an attorney.

Adverb

in propria persona

  1. By the person themselves; often used when a defendant is representing themselves in court without an attorney.
    • She became a subscriber—amazed at being anything in propria persona, amazed at her own doings in every way; to be a renter, a chuser of books!1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 191

Origin of in propria persona

Borrowed from Latin in propria persona.

Words formed from in propria persona

Questions about in propria persona

What does in propria persona mean?
In propria persona means by the person themselves; often used when a defendant is representing themselves in court without an attorney.
What part of speech is in propria persona?
In propria persona is an adverb.

Words near in propria persona in the dictionary

  1. in prison
  2. in private
  3. in profile
  4. in progress
  5. in proper
  6. in propria persona
  7. in protest
  8. in public
  9. in pup
  10. in puris naturalibus
  11. in pursuit

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