Dominium utile

In the civil law. Equitable or prætorian ownership; that which was founded on, equity.

Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 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.