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[O. French domaine, demaine; Fr. domaine, from Lat. dominium =a lordship, from dominus =a lord. Domain is a doublet of demesne (q. v.).] IMG:content-0347.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0348.jpg:[blocks in formation] "Their chiefs have seats in the legislature, wide domains, stately palaces."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xi. II. Law : In the same sense as DEMESNE (q. v.). Right of eminent domain : The paramount control or jurisdiction of the sovereign authority over all property within the state, by right of which it is entitled to appropriate by legal and constitutional means any part or parts nece ary for the public good, due compensation being made for that which is taken.