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means The legally defined boundary marking where one parcel of land ends and another begins.

from Straightforward compound of 'property' (from Latin proprius, 'one's own') and 'line,' tracing back to the old surveying practice of marking ownership boundaries with literal lines — stakes, fences, or marks on a map. The phrase itself is a plain, functional term from land law and surveying rather than a colorful coinage; the drama around it comes entirely from the humans standing on either side of it.