When referring to the solubility of different substances the phrase like dissolves like is often used as a guideline to select an appropriate solvent. the property referenced in like dissolves like is the?

I believe that the property referenced in 'like dissolves like" is polarity. Solvents are substances that dissolves solutes forming a solution. Solvents may be either polar or non polar; polar solvents contain bonds between atoms with very different electronegativities, such as oxygen and hydrogen, while non polar solvents have bonds between atoms with similar electronegativities such as hydrogen and carbon. 

Ifound this on google “laws of chemical combination. it states that matter can neither be created nor destroyed. it stated that a given compound always contains exactly the same proportion of elements by weight.” i hope this you for what your looking for.