Legal Term Dictionary

(Dominica in ramis palmarum.) L. Lat. Palm Sunday. Townsh. PI. 131; Cowell; Blount.

(Dominica in ramis palmarum.) L. Lat. Palm Sunday. Townsh. PI. 131; Cowell; Blount. Less...

That which denotes the Lord's day, or Sunday.

That which denotes the Lord's day, or Sunday. Less...

The act of killing one's lord or master.

The act of killing one's lord or master. Less...

Lat. Domain; demain; demesne. A lordship. That of which one has tbe lordship or ownership. That which remains under the lord's immediate charge and control. Spelman. Property; domain; anything pertaining to a lord. Cowell. In ecclesiastical law. A church, or any other building consecrated to God. Du Cange.

Lat. Domain; demain; demesne. A lordship. That of which one has tbe lordship or ownership. That which remains under the lord's immediate charge and control. Spelman. Property; domain; anything pertaining to a lord. Cowell. In ecclesiastical law. A church, or any other building consecrated to God. Du Cange. Less...

In old English law. Ancient demesne. Bract foL 369b.

In old English law. Ancient demesne. Bract foL 369b. Less...

Sp. In Spanish law. A term corresponding to and derived from the Latin dominium, (g. v.) Dominio alto, eminent domain; dominio direct o, immediate ownership; dominio utile, beneficial ownership. Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 556.

Sp. In Spanish law. A term corresponding to and derived from the Latin dominium, (g. v.) Dominio alto, eminent domain; dominio direct o, immediate ownership; dominio utile, beneficial ownership. Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 556. Less...

Ownership, or right to property. 2 Bl. Comm. 1. Title to an article of property which arises from the power of disposition and the right of claiming it Baker v. Westcott, 73 Tex. 129, 11 S. W. 157. "The holder has the dominion of the bill." 8 East, 579. Sovereignty More...

Ownership, or right to property. 2 Bl. Comm. 1. Title to an article of property which arises from the power of disposition and the right of claiming it Baker v. Westcott, 73 Tex. 129, 11 S. W. 157. "The holder has the dominion of the bill." 8 East, 579. Sovereignty or lordship; as the dominion of the seas. Moll, de Jure Mar. 91, 92. In the civil law. with reference to the title to property which is transferred by a sale of it, dominion is said to be either "proximate" or "remote." the former being the kind of title vesting in tbe purchaser when he has acquired both the ownership and the possession of the article, the latter describing the nature of his title when he has legitimately acquired the ownership of the property but there has been no delivery. Coles v. Perry, 7 Tex. 109. Less...

In the civil and old English law. Ownership; property in the largest sense, including both the right of property and the right of possession or use. The mere right of property, as distinguished from the possession or usufruct. Dig. 41, 2, 17, 1; Calvin. The right which a lord had More...

In the civil and old English law. Ownership; property in the largest sense, including both the right of property and the right of possession or use. The mere right of property, as distinguished from the possession or usufruct. Dig. 41, 2, 17, 1; Calvin. The right which a lord had In the fee of his tenant. In this sense the word is very clearly distinguished by Bracton from dominicum. The estate of a feoffee to uses. "The feoffees to use shall have the dominium, and the cestui que use the disposition." Latch. 137. Sovereignty or dominion. Dominium mar-is, the sovereignty of the sea. --Dominium directum. In the civil law. Strict ownership; that which was founded on strict law. as distinguished from equity. In later law. Property without use; the right of a landlord. Tayl. Civil Law, 478. In feudal law. Right or proper ownership: the right of a superior or lord, as distinguished from that of his vassal or tenant. The title or property which the sovereign in England is considered as possessing in all the lands of the kingdom, they being holden, either immediately or mediately of him as lord paramount.-Dominium directum et utile. The complete and absolute dominion in property; the union of the title and the exclusive use. Fairfax v. Hunter, 7 Crancfa. 603, 3 L. Ed. 453.-Dominium ominous. Eminent domain.-Dominium plenum. Full ownership; the union of the dominium directum with the dominium utile. Tayl. Civil -Law, 478.-Dominium utile. In * the civil law. Equitable or praetorian ownership; that which was founded on equity. Mackeld. Rom. Law, f 327, note. In later law. Use without property; the right of a tenant Tayl. Civil Law, 478. In feudal law. Useful or beneficial ownership; the usufruct, or right to the use and profits of the soil, as distinguished from the dominium directum, (q. v.,) or ownership of the soil itself; the right of a vassal or tenant. 2 Bl. Comm. 105. Dominium non potest esse in pendenti. Lordship cannot be in suspense, i. e" property cannot remain in abeyance. Halk. Law Max. 89. Less...

Lat. The owner being willing; with the consent of the owner.

Lat. The owner being willing; with the consent of the owner. Less...

In feudal and ecclesiastical law. A lord, or feudal superior. Dominus rem, the lord the king; the king's title as lord paramount 1 Bl. Comm. 867. Dominus capitalis, a chief lord. Dominus medius, a mesne or intermediate lord. Dominus ligius, liege lord or sovereign. Id. Lord or sir; a title More...

In feudal and ecclesiastical law. A lord, or feudal superior. Dominus rem, the lord the king; the king's title as lord paramount 1 Bl. Comm. 867. Dominus capitalis, a chief lord. Dominus medius, a mesne or intermediate lord. Dominus ligius, liege lord or sovereign. Id. Lord or sir; a title of distinction. It usually denoted a knight or clergyman; and, according to Cowell, was sometimes given to a gentleman of quality, though not a knight, especially If he were lord of a manor. The owner or proprietor of a thing, as distinguished from him who uses it merely. Calvin. A master or principal, as distinguished from an agent or attorney. Story, Ag. | 3. In the civil law. A husband. A family. Vicat Dominus capitalis loco hssredis habe-tur, quo ties per defectum vel delictum extinguitur sanguis sul . tenentis. Co. Litt 18. The supreme lord takes the place of tbe heir, as often as the blood of the tenant is extinct through deficiency or crime. Less...