dominium (dominium)

[L., lordship, dominion: see dominion.] In civil law, the ownership of a thing, as opposed to a mere life interest, to an equitable right, to a merely ton, dom2, dame, dam2, doña, donna, dueña, duenna, damsel, donzel, madam, madame, madonna, etc. L. dominus = Skt. daman a, in comp., conquering, also as a proper name, person. Dominium gives to him in whom it is vested the power of applying the subject to all purposes, except such as are inconsistent with his relative or absolute duties. Servitus gives the power of applying the subject only to exactly determined purposes. Gordon Campbell , Roman Law, p. 251. We cannot give a reason, other than mere chance, why power over a wife should have retained the name of manus, why power over a child should have obtained another name, potestas, why power over slaves and inanimate property should in later times be called dominium . Maine , Early Hist. of Institutions, p. 313. Dominium directum. (a) The legal title to land, as distinguished from the right to use it. (b) The right of the feudal lord in land, as distinguished from that of his va al. (c) The right of the landlord in land, as distinguished from that of his tenant. - Dominium utile, the right of the beneficiary, va al, or tenant in land, as distinguished respectively from the three meanings of do minium directum . Dominium directum and dominium utile, whether vested in the same person or not, together make up the ownership of the land in its widest sense. domino (dom'i-nō), n.; pl. dominoes or dominos (-noz). [= D. G. Dan. Sw. domino = F. do mino = Sp. dom inó = Pg. It. domino, masquerade dre , IMG:content-3029.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-3030.png:[ocr errors] 4. A half-mask formerly worn over the face by ladies when traveling, at masquerades, etc., as a partial disguise for the features.-5. One of the pieces with s with which the game of dominoes is played. See def. 6.-6. pl. A game regularly played with twenty-eight flat oblong pieces of ivory, bone, or wood, usually black on one side, the back, and white on the other, the face, the latter being divided into two parts by a cro line. The face of one domino, the double blank, is unmarked, and that of the others is marked on one or both ends with pips or spots from one to six in number, the highest piece being the double six. Dominoes, however, are made in different styles, and for some games a larger number of pieces and higher markings are used. All play with dominoes consists in matching the pieces in a line by the corresponding ends so long as this can be done, gentleman, or lord of a manor. See dominie, don2, dan1.-2. In civil law, one who po e es something by right.-3. In feudal law, one who grants part of his estate in fee, to be enjoyed by another. - Dominus vobiscum, the versicle "The Lord be with you," employed in Western liturgies and offices, like the similar Pax vobiscum (Peace be with you), as a brief prayer of the priest for the people, the people in turn praying for the priest in the response Et cum spiritu tuo (And with thy spirit). dom i tablet (dom'i-ta-bl), a. [L. as if *dom i tabilis, E. daunt ), freq. of domare = E. tame: see tame, daunt. Cf. domable.] Capable of being tamed. Those animals of the more voracious and fierce nature are le subject to be disciplined, tamed, and brought into subjection; the other are by their very nature more dom itable, do me stick, and subject to be governed. Sir M. Hale , Orig. of Mankind, p. 369.