Dominium

I. Property; domain. Dominium directum et utile: the complete and absolute dominion in property. Dominium eminens: eminent domain. Dominium nou potest esse in pendenti: property cannot be in abeyance.

In old English law

Ownership; property, in the largest sense; the right of property as distinguished from possession or usufruct, the estate of a feoffee to uses; sovereignty, or dominion; a lordship. In feudal law. Dominium directum: proper ownership; the right of the lord as distinguished from that of the tenant; allodial property, or property held of no superior. Dominium utile: beneficial ownership; the usufruct or right to the use. In the civil law. Ownership; property in the largest sense; the right of property, as distinguished from the possession or usufruct; sovereignty or dominion. Dominium directum: strict ownership; ownership founded on strict law, as distinguished from equity. Dominium plenum: full ownership; the union of the dominium directum with the dominium utile. Dominium utile: equitable or praetorian ownership; ownership founded on equity.