Full ownership; the union of the dominium directum with the dominium utile. Tayl. Civil Law, 478.

In the civil law. Equitable or pnetorian ownership; that which was founded on equity. Mackeld.Rom. Law,

Lat. The owner being willing; with the consent of the owner.

In feudal and ecclesiastical law. A lord, or feudal superior. Dominus rex,the lord the king; the king’s title as lord paramount. 1 Bl. Comm. 307. Dominuscapitalis, a chief lord. Dominus mcdius, a

Lat. The master of the suit; i., the person who was really and directly interested in the suit as a party, as distinguished from his attorney or advocate.But the term is also

In the civil law. The owner of a vessel. Dig. 39. 4, 11. 2.Dominus non maritabit pupillum nisi emel. Co. Litt. 9. A lord cannot give a ward in marriage but once.Dominus

Lat. Tame; domesticated; not wild. Applied to domestic animals, in which a man may have an absolute property. 2 Bl. Comm. 391.

In French law. Damages.

In old records. A chapter-house; the chapter-house. Dyer, 206.

An ancient house built or appointed by King Henry III. for suchJews as were converted to the Christian faith; but King Edward III., who expelled theJews from the kingdom, deputed the place

The house o

The house of lords, abbreviated into Bom. Proc., or D. P.Domus sna cuique est tutissimnm re- fugium. To every man his own house is hissafest refuge. 5 Coke, 916; 11 Coke, 82;

A donee; one to whom something is given.

Lat A gift. A transfer of the title to property to ODe who receives Itwithout paying for it Vicat. The act by which the owner of a thing voluntarily transfersthe title and

An inofficious (undu- tiful) gift; a gift of so great a part of thedonor’s property that the birthright portion of his heirs is diminished. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

A gift between the living. The ordinary kind of gift byone person to another. 2 Kent, Coram. 438; 2 Steph. Coram. 102. A term derived fromthe civil law. Inst. 2, 7, 2.

A gift made by a person in sickness, who, apprehending his dissolution near, delivers, or causes to be delivered, to another the possession of any personal goods, to keep as his own

A gift on account of marriage. In Romanlaw, the bridegroom’s gift to the bride in antipication of marriage and to secure her doswas called “donatio ante nuptias;” but by an ordinance of

In ecclesiastical law. A mode of acquiring a benefice by deed of gift alone, without presentation, institution, orinduction. 3 Steph. Comm. Si.In general. A gift. See DONATIO.

A donee; a person to whom a gift is made; a purchaser. Bract fol. 13, et seq.