0 the situation of owning something:
proprietorship over sth Zimbabwe granted proprietorship over wildlife to landowners.
1 a particular legal form for a small company in some countries:
The land estate corresponds to the full set of land parcels over which an individual or a family holds proprietorship or ownership rights.
Proprietorship or control of land gave a man wealth, social status, and political influence.
The remaining 15 per cent had previously been sole proprietorships and had become public liability companies a short while before this study.
Founders of sole proprietorships and partnerships included wives, children and other relatives as part of the ownership.
The land parcel corresponds to the elementary proprietorship or ownership unit.
In fact, the proprietorship of churches and schools was itself an often disputed issue among communities.
Africans more commonly start sole proprietorships and are thus at a strength disadvantage.
The small business literature also neglects this issue due to an implicit monolithic assumption about small businesses as sole proprietorships.
