Prædium

Lat In the civil law. Land; an estate; a tenement; a piece of landed property. See Dig. 50, 16, 115.

— Prædinm dominans. In the civil law. The name given to an estate to which a servitude is due; the dominant tenement. Morgan v. Mason. 20 Ohio, 409, 55 Am. Dec. 464,

— Praedium rusticum. In Roman law. A rustic or rural estate. Primarily, this term denoted an estate lying in the country, i. e., beyond the limits of the city, but it was applied to any landed estate or heritage other than a dwelling-house, whether in or out of the town. Thus, it included gardens, orchards, pastures, meadows, etc. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 316. A rural or country estate ; an estate or piece of land principally destined or devoted to agriculture; an empty or vacant space of ground without buildings.

— Prædinm serviens. In the civil law. The name of an estate which suffers a servitude or easement to another estate; the servient tenement. Morgan v. Mason, 20 Ohio, 409, 55 Am. Dec. 464.

— Prædinm urbanum. In the civil law. A building or edifice intended for the habitation and use of man, whether built in cities or in the country. Colq. Rom. Civil Law, § 937.