property, n.                                                     Oxford’s English Dictionary

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1. The condition of being owned by or belonging to    some person or persons (cf. proper a. 1); hence, the    fact of owning a thing; the holding of something as       one's own; the right (esp. the exclusive right) to the po-ssession, use, or disposal of anything (usually of a tan-gible material thing); ownership, proprietorship; propriety n. 1.

2. a. That which one owns; a thing or things belonging to or owned by some person or persons; a possession   (usually material), or possessions collectively; (one's)  wealth or goods. (In quots. 1456, 1526, private as dis- tinguished from common property.) Also fig.
(Comparatively few examples before 17th c.)

     b. A piece of land owned; a landed estate.

     †c. ? Something belonging to a thing; an appurten- ance; an adjunct. Obs.

    d. ellipt., shares or investments in property.

    e. A person (esp. one engaged in show business) regarded as a commercial asset, esp. in phr. hot property (cf. hot a. 6a, 9b), a success or sensation, a ‘hit’. colloq.

 

3. Theatr. Any portable article, as an article of costume or furniture, used in acting a play; a stage requisite, appurtenance, or accessory. Chiefly pl.

4. fig. A mere means to an end; an instrument, a tool, a  cat's  -paw. Obs.

5. An attribute or quality belonging to a thing or per-  son: in earlier use sometimes, an essential, special, or  distinctive quality, a peculiarity; in later use often, a    quality or characteristic in general (without reference   to its essentialness or distinctiveness).  a. Of a thing or things.

 

   †b. Of a person. Obs.

 

   †c. A peculiar or exclusive attribute; a quality belong-ing only to the being in question. Obs.

      d. Logic. Reckoned as one of the predicables, q.v.: see quots. 1725, 1870.

      e. Linguistics. An intrinsic aspect or function.

6. Usually with the: The characteristic quality of a per- son or thing; hence, character, nature. Obs.

 

7. The quality of being proper or suitable; aptitude,      fitness; the proper use or sense (of words). = propriety n. 5b. Obs.

 

8. attrib. and Comb.  a. In sense 1 or 2, as property    account, -class, developer, -holder, -interest, -lawyer, -market, -owner, right, speculator, -taxation, value; property-based, -holding, -loving, -owning, etc. adjs.; property bond, a share or bond in property; property mark, a mark indicating ownership; prop-  erty qualification, a qualification for office (e.g. of a member of parliament), or for the exercise of a right     (e.g. of voting), based on the possession of property to a certain amount; property tax, a direct tax levied on property.

     b. In sense 3 (Theatr. and Cinemat.):  (a) appositive, applied to any article (often an imitation) used as a      property or stage accessory, as property broadsword,     cittern, doll, fowl; also, to a person who appears in a  scene but takes no part in the action, as property boy, child; so allusively property clerk;  (b) ordinary         attrib. and Comb., as property-maker, manager,     truck, wagon, woman, workshop; property-man, -master, a man who furnishes and has the charge of     stage properties at a theatre; property-plot, a list of    the properties required for a play; property-room, the room in which the properties are kept. See also property box 2.

From the editor...

    To brave the waters past the pier is to brave the currents of a body of water larger than the mind can imagine.  Though labeled by regions of location, the world’s five major oceans are still one true contiguous body of the substance the Lakota refer to as “first medicine”. The sheer volume alone staggers the imagination, and yet to see its awesome power, and destructive potential, when harnessed by just the right influence is even more unfathomable.

    

     The same holds true for the settled decision to brave new and larger territory in commerce.  The simple goal in any consumer based enterprise is to reach as many consumers as possible. Practically speaking, however, the larger the mass of consumers the greater both the potential grander success as well as tumult and tribulation.    The positive or negative effects, in the end, are rested in the decision’s intent and energy.  We know matter is actually derived from energy.  But energy is drawn from intent.  If there exists an observable effect there necessarily exists a cause.

 

     Bringing together a body of like minds, all sincerely consumed by the same passion, at times requires taking the risk of taking a stand.  It is a tricky place to seek as it is always by premeditation. Thus, as one can never control the effect of his actions, he can only hope to do the best to execute the cause through the sincerity of his intent. 

 

     This month it is our intent to confront a question with honor, and let the chips fall where they may.  Some will be satisfied as having finally received more substantive answers and commentary.  Others, though appreciating the depth of the position, will still choose to object to the position anyway.  As this is a matter of individual choice, it is beyond our purview to judge.  Many of you may only give the matter cursory thought and then dismiss it as a priority for further review, and maintain or discontinue your membership in the Institute for other reasons already settled regardless of the franchise.

 

Heads up!

Those issues are

on deck for next month.

 

     In any event, lots of folks put serious head effort in laying down serious discussion to serious issues raised by our readers.  There is a great deal to examine and to let soak in.  Give it consideration and I’ll see you after in the Library.

 

Enjoy, 

Bill Jackson

July 2008

Volume II    Issue  7

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