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A donee; one to whom something is given Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat A gift A transfer of the title to property to one who receives it without paying for it Vicat. The act […]

Lat. In the civil and old Eng-lish law. A house or dwelling; a habita-tion. Inst 4, 4, 8; Townsh. Pl. 183-185. Bennet […]

Domns sna oniqne est tntissimnm ro-fngium. To every man his own house is hls safest refuge. 5 Coke, 91b; 11 Coke, 82; […]

In French law. Damages Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A writ that lay for one against his neighbor, by the antid* pated fall of whose house he feared a dam-age and […]

In the clvll law. The owner of a vessel. Dig- 30, 4, 11, 2 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat Tame; domesticated; not wild. Applied to domestic animals, in which a man may have an absolute proper-ty. 2 Bl. Comm. 391 […]

In feudal and eoolcsias-tioal law. A lord, or feudal superlor. Dominus rex, the lord the king; the king’s title as lord paramount […]

Lat. Tbe master of the suit; i. e., the person who was really and directly lnterested in the suit as a party, […]

In the civil and old Eng-lish law. ownership; property in the larg-est sense, including both the right of prop-erty and the right […]

Lat The own-er belng willing; with* the consent of the owner Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Sp. In Spanlsh law. A term corresponding to and derlved from the Latin dominium, (q. v.) Dominio alto, eminent domain; dominio directo, […]

ownership, or right to property. 2 Bl. Comm. 1. Title to an ar-tide of property which arises from the pow-er of disposition […]

Lat. Domain; dem a in ; demesne. A lordship. That of which one has the lordship or ownership. That which Source: Black’s […]

In old Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

That whlch denotes the Lord’s day, or Sunday Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The act of killing one’s lord or master Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A term used in the civil Snd Scotch law, and thence in ours, relating to servitudes, meaning the tenement or subject in […]

In old English law. Lordship Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

NA, (DAME.) A title given to honorable women, who andently, in their own right of inheritance, held a- barony. Cowell Source: Black’s […]

In old Engllsh law. Power over another; also danger. Bract, t 4, t. 1, c. 10 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In Spanish law. The acquisition of domiciliary rights and status, nearly equivalent to naturalization, which may be accomplished by belng born in […]

Lat Domicile, (q. V Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Pertaining to domicile; relating to one’s domicile. Existing or creat-ed at, or connected with, the domicile of a suitor or of a […]