Latin: In the civil law. Land; an estate; a tenement; a piece of landed property. See Dig. 50, 16, 115. Praedinm dominans. In the civil law. The name given to an estate to which a servitude is due; the dominant tenement. Morgan v. Mason, 20 Ohio, 400, 55 Am. Dec. 464. Praedinm rustieum. In Roman law. A rustic or rural estate. Primarily, this term denoted an estate lying in the country, t. e., beyond the limits of the city, but it was applied to any landed estate or heritage other than a dwelling-house, whether in or out of the town. Thus, it included gardens, orchards, r istures, meadows, etc. Mackeld. Rom. Law, 316. A rural or country estate; an estate or piece of land principally destined or devoted to agriculture; an empty or vacant space of ground without buildings. Praedium seretens. In the civil law. The name of an estate which suffers a servitude or easement to another estate; the servient tesement. Morgan v. Mason, 20 Ohio, 409, 55 Am. Dec. 464, Prodium urbanin. In the civil law. A building or edifice intended for the habitation and use of man, whether built in cities or in the country. Colq. Rom. Civil Law, fi 937.
Praedlnm serrlt praedio. Land is under servitude to land, [i.e.f servitudes are not personal rights, but attach to the dominant tenement.] Tray. Lat. Max. 455.