dominium

[duh-min-ee-uhm]

noun

Law.

1. complete power to use, to enjoy, and to dispose of property at will.

dominium

/ dəˈmɪnɪəm /

noun

1. property law the ownership or right to possession of property, esp realty

Word History and Origins

Origin of dominium¹

1815–25; < Latin, equivalent to domin ( us ) lord, master + -ium -ium

Word History and Origins

Origin of dominium¹

C19: from Latin: property, ownership; see _dominion

Example Sentences

"The Pacific Ocean does not belong to the dominium of the U.S. or Japan," Kim said.

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With the Kremlin distracted by its flagging war more than 1,500 miles away in Ukraine, Russia’s dominium over its old Soviet empire shows signs of unraveling.

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Following the teachings of Francisco de Vitoria, the Dominican who founded the School of Salamanca, Villalobos stated that these rights of dominium over nature also belong to sinners.

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Dominium – Some narrow form of posthumanity is attained by limiting the range of what’s possible.

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The action and reaction of the interests of navigation, however, have brought states to adopt a limitation first enunciated by Bynkershoek in the formula “terrae dominium finitur ubi finitur armorum vis.”

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