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...]

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

estates. In the civil law, this term is used to signify the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate; for example, where the owners of the estate, Blackacre, have a right of way or passage over the estate Whiteacre, the former is called the dominant, and the latter the servient estate. … [Read more...]

Where a domestic partner of another legally adopts the child of the other partner as if that partner was also a parent. … [Read more...]

The land for the beneficial enjoyment of which the right exists is called the dominant heritage, and the owner or occupier thereof the dominant owner; the land on which the liability is imposed is called the servient heritage, and the owner or occupier thereof the servient owner. … [Read more...]