dominium
- noun
- /dəˈmɪnɪəm/
- Archaic
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dominio
- The local government has strict regulations regarding the dominium of private property to protect citizens' rights.
- dominium bonitarum
Examples
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In the same section of the New Science, the myth of Hercules and Antaeus stands for the tensions generated by the plebeians' demands for ownership of land after the optimates granted them the dominium bonitarum.
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Ownership of the lands (the dominium optimum) was preserved by the optimates.
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What precipitated Coriolanus's exile was the conflict between the two orders of society that followed the extension of the dominium bonitarum, or first agrarian law, to the plebeians of Rome.
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Faced with threats to their sovereignty and wishing to maintain absolute dominion over their territories, the optimates granted the plebeians ownership of the products of their labor (the dominium bonitarum).
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In ancient Rome, the concept of dominium was vital for landowners who sought legal recognition of their ownership.
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Property disputes often arise when there is a lack of clarity about the dominium held by various claimants.
Synonyms
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2.0
The state of having or controlling something, especially property
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2.5
The legal right to have and control something like a house
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4.6
Legal permission to control things like land or inventions
The state of owning things like land or buildings
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Etymology
Dominium comes from the Latin dominus, meaning 'lord' or 'master'. If you are the 'lord' of something you have control or ownership, so dominium came to mean the right to own or control property.