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donatarius (doh-n<<schwa>>-tair-ee-<<schwa>>s), n.[Latin] A donee; a gift recipient. [Blacks Law 8th]

Domus  Procerum  (doh-m<<schwa>>s  pros-<<schwa>>-r<<schwa>>m),  n.[Latin  “house  of nobles”] The House of Lords. — Abbr. Dom. Proc.; D.P. [Blacks Law 8th]

domus Dei (doh-m<<schwa>>s dee-I), n.[Law Latin] House of God. • This term was applied to various hospitals and religious houses, such as the Hospital of St. Julian in Southampton. [Blacks Law 8th]

domus   conversorum   (doh-m<<schwa>>s   kon-v<<schwa>>r-sor-<<schwa>>m),   n.[Law Latin “house of the  converts”] Hist. An institution, established by Henry  III for converted Jews, that continued until Edward III expelled Jews from the kingdom and converted the institution to a chancery record office.[Blacks Law 8th]

domus (doh-m<<schwa>>s), n.[Latin] A house; an abode. [Blacks Law 8th]

Dom. Proc.abbr.DOMUS PROCERUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

domo  reparanda  (doh-moh  rep-<<schwa>>-ran-d<<schwa>>),  n.[Latin  “to  repair  a  house”] Hist.  A  writ  available  to  a  person  to  force  a  neighbor  who  owns  a  decrepit  house  to  repair  it because the person is worried that the neighbor’s house will fall and cause injury. [Blacks Law 8th]

dommage survenu (daw-mazh suur-v<<schwa>>-noo). [French] Damage sustained. • This is from  article  17  of  the  Warsaw  Convention  providing  for  compensatory  damages,  rather  than awards for  loss  of  society  or  punitive  damages,  for  bodily  injury  that  a  passenger  suffers  while onboard  an  aircraft,  or  while  boarding  or  disembarking.  [Cases:  Carriers    307,  319.  C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace…

domitae naturae (dom-<<schwa>>-tee n<<schwa>>-tyoor-ee). [Latin] Hist. Of a tame nature; not wild. • This term usu. refers to long-domesticated animals, such as sheep or cattle, in which a person has absolute property rights. But it can also refer to naturally wild animals that have been tamed. [Blacks Law 8th]

dominus  omnium  bonorum  (dom-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>s  ahm-nee-<<schwa>>m  b<< schwa>>-nor-<<schwa>>m).  [Law  Latin]  Hist.  Proprietor  of  all  movable  goods.  •  The  phrase formerly described a husband who owned goods in common with his wife. [Blacks Law 8th]