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51Proprietary DVR — DVRs, or Digital Video Recorders, are devices which record video to a hard drive. The term Proprietary DVR refers to exclusive methodologies used to maintain commercial control over the DVR format and prevent third party copying of a particular… …
52Proprietary colony — Les Proprietary colonies étaient des concessions territoriales accordées par le roi à des Lords afin que ces derniers les mettent en valeur en favorisant leur peuplement et en y instaurant les lois et les coutumes d Angleterre. Ce type de… …
53Proprietary colony — A proprietary colony is a colony in which one or more private land owners retain rights that are normally the privilege of the state, and in all cases eventually became so. [Bernard Vincent, La période coloniale in États *Unis peuple et culture …
54proprietary company — a business which is owned by not less than two persons and not more than 50 persons and which restricts the right of the shareholders to transfer shares. Such a business is a separate legal entity and must use the words Proprietary Limited (Pty… …
55Proprietary church — During the Middle Ages, the proprietary church (Latin ecclesia propria , German Eigenkirche ) was a church, abbey or cloister built on private ground by a feudal lord, over which he retained proprietary interests, especially the right of what in… …
56proprietary trading — Trading activity that is conducted purely for the anticipated profit of the trading entity. The term is used to distinguish such trades from trading that is conducted for customers, for market making, or for hedging. Also called strategic trading …
57proprietary colony — Amer. Hist. any of certain colonies, as Maryland and Pennsylvania, that were granted to an individual or group by the British crown and that were granted full rights of self government. Cf. charter colony, royal colony. * * * Type of settlement… …
58proprietary name — The protected brand name or trademark, registered with the U.S. Patent Office, under which a manufacturer markets its product. It is written with a capital initial letter and is often further distinguished by a superscript R in a circle (®).… …
59Proprietary Technology — A process, tool, system or similar item that is the property of a business or an individual and provides some sort of benefit or advantage to the owner. Companies that are able to develop useful proprietary technologies in house are rewarded with …
60proprietary name — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms proprietary name : singular proprietary name plural proprietary names business a name of a product that is on an official list as a trademark …
