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dominus  navis  (dom-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>s  nay-vis),  n.[Latin]  Civil  law.  The  absolute owner of a shipping vessel. [Blacks Law 8th]

dominus  litis  (dom-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>s  lI-tis),  n.[Latin]  1.Civil  law.  The  party  who makes the decisions in a lawsuit, usu. as distinguished from the attorney. 2.Maritime law. A third person who represents an absent party in a case. — Also termed litis dominium. [Blacks Law 8th]

dominus  directus  (dom-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>s  di-rek-t<<schwa>>s).  [Law  Latin]  Hist. The immediate feudal superior. [Blacks Law 8th]

dominus  (dom-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>s),  n.[Latin  “lord”]  1.Roman  law.  An  owner  of  a thing  or inheritance. 2.Roman law.  The title of the emperor in the later empire. 3.Hist. A lord; a feudal  superior,  as  in  dominus  rex  (“the  lord  of  the  king”),  dominus  capitalis  (“a  chief  lord”), dominus medius (“an intermediate lord”), and dominus ligius (“a liege lord”).4.Hist.…

domino  volente  (dom-<<schwa>>-noh  v<<schwa>>-len-tee).  [Law  Latin  “the  owner  being willing”] With the owner’s consent. [Blacks Law 8th]

dominium  (d<<schwa>>-min-ee-<<schwa>>m),  n.[fr.  Latin  dominus  “lord”]  1.Roman  & civil  law.  Absolute  ownership  including  the  right  to  possession  and  use;  a  right  of  control  over property  that  the  holder  might  retain  or  transfer  at  pleasure.  •  Dominium  was  subject  to  any servitudes, planning restrictions, etc. This term gradually came to also mean merely ownership of property,…

dominion.  1.  Control;  possession  <dominion  over  the  car>.2.  Sovereignty  <  dominion  over the nation>.3.FOREIGN DOMINION. [Blacks Law 8th]

dominicum antiquum (d<<schwa>>-min-<<schwa>>-k<<schwa>>m an-tI-kw<<schwa>>m), n.[Law Latin] Hist. Ancient domain. [Blacks Law 8th]

dominicide  (d<<schwa>>-min-<<schwa>>-sId),  n.[fr.  Latin  dominus  “master”  +  caedo  “to kill”] Hist. 1.The crime of killing one’s master. 2. A person who kills his or her master. [Blacks Law 8th]

dominicum   (d<<schwa>>-min-<<schwa>>-k<<schwa>>m),   n.[Latin   “domain”]   1.Hist. Domain; lordship. 2.Hist. Land ownership, esp. that retained by a lord for his own possession, as distinguished from the rights given to a tenant. 3.Eccles. law. A church or other religious building. [Blacks Law 8th]