Litis dominium
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The control of an action or litigation.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Civil Law. Direction of a suit. A fiction of law authorizing the appointment of an attorney, by which appointment he was supposed to become dominus litis.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat In the civll law. Ownership, control, or direction of a suit. A fiction of law by which the employment of an attorney or proctor (procurator) in a suit was authorized or justified, he being supposed to become, by the appointment of his principal (dominus) or client, the dominus litis. Heinecc. Elem. lib. 4, tit. 10, §§ 1246, 1247.