INTERIM DOMINUS

interim dominus (in-t<<schwa>>r-im dom-<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin] Hist.

Proprietor in the meantime. • The feminine form is domina.

“A widow is interim domina of terce lands after her service, and in virtue thereof may either possess them herself, or let them out to tenants.” John Trayner, Trayner’s Latin Maxims 286 (4th ed. 1894).

[Blacks Law 8th]