Dominus
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In feudal and ecclesiastical law. A lord, or feudal superior. Dominus rew, the lord the king; the king's titie as lord paramount.
1 BI. Comm. 367.
Dominus capitalis, a chief lord. Dominus medius, a mesne or intermediate lord. Dominus ligius, liege lord or sovereign. I&d. ne 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, ag distinguished from an agent or attorney.
Story, Ag. § 3.
In the civillaw. A husband. A family. Vicat. extinguitur sanguis sui tenentis.
Co. Litt. 18.
The supreme lord takes the place of the heir, as often as the blood of the tenant is extinct through deficiency or crime.