It designates the quality which makes a thing what it is; the attribute which is peculiar to it, and especially distinguishes it.

We use it in this sense when we say THE PROPERTIES OF THE TRIANGLE or of NUMBERS; THE PROPERTY OF THE MAGNET, &c.

2.

It expresses the right of absolute control over a thing by a free and intelligent being.

It is used in this sense by writers on jurisprudence.