Dominium directnm
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
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.