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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...] about DOMINANT

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

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...] about DOMINANT HERITAGE

The area of law dealing with the familial relationships between people which typically refers to issues of separation, e.g. divorce, child custody, child support, division of marital property. … [Read more...] about DOMESTIC RELATIONS

A term used in the civil and Scotch law, and thence in ours, relating to servitudes, meaning the tenement or subject in favor of which the service is constituted; as the tenement over which the servitude extends is called the "servient tenement". … [Read more...] about DOMINANT TENEMENT