In old English law. Power over another; also danger. Bract. 1. 4, t. 1, c. 10. … [Read more...]

A title given to honorable women, who anciently, in their own right of Inheritance, held a barony. Cowell. … [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...]