Dominium Utile
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In the civil law. Equitable or pratorian ownership; Se that which was founded on equity.
Mackeld.
Rom. Law, § 827, note, In later law. Use without property; the right of atenant.
Tayl. Civil Law, 478.
In feudal law. Usefulor benelicial 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.