Dominium Directum
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In the civil law. Strict ownership; that which was founded on strict law, as distinguished from equity. In later law. Property without use; the Fight of a landlord.
Tay]. Civii Law, 478.
In feudal law. Right or proper owner- The title or property which the soverelgn in England is considered as possessing in all the lands of the kingdom, they being liolden either immediately or mediately of him as lord paramount.