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DOMINUS NAVIS

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In the civil law. The owner of a vessel. Dig. 39, 4, 11, 2. Dominus non maritabit pupiUum nisi semel. Co. Litt. 9. A lord cannot give a ward in marriage but once. Dominus rax nullum habere potest par em, multo minus superiorem. The king cannot have an equal, much less a superior. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 115. … [Read more...]

DONATORIUS

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A donee; a person to whom a gift is made; a purchaser. Bract 13, et seq. … [Read more...]

DOMITAE

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Latin: Tame; domesticated; not wild. Applied to domestic animals, in which a man may have an absolute property. 2 Bl. Comm. 301. … [Read more...]

DONATORY

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The person on whom the king bestows his right to any forfeiture that has fallen to the crown. … [Read more...]

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