But the growing power of the Scotch-Irish, the resentment of the Quakers against the proprietors for having gone back to the Church of England and many other circumstances strengthened the anti-proprietary power, and the assembly strove to abolish the proprietorship and establish a royal province; John Dickinson was the able leader of the party which defended the proprietors; and Joseph Galloway and Benjamin Franklin were the leaders of the anti-proprietary party, which was greatly weakened at home by the absence after December 1764 of Franklin in England as its agent.
A “Person†is a natural person, a corporation, proprietorship, partnership, governmental entity, or any other legal person or entity.
In the north, where the land is much subdivided, peasant proprietorship and a kind of emphyteusis (see Roman Law) are the most usual tenures.
In contrast, with a sole proprietorship or partnership, the owners can lose personal assets in a business lawsuit.
A sole proprietorship or a partnership is not an incorporated business.
