in propria persona

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin in propria persona.

Adverb

in propria persona

1. By the person themselves; often used when a defendant is representing themselves in court without an attorney.
   • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 191:

     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!

Derived terms

• pro per

See also

• litigant in person (noun)
• on behalf of
• pro se (adjective)