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Dominicide

Dominicide [fr. dominus, Lat., master, and c'do, to kill], the act of killing one's lord or master.

Merger

the fee, 2 Bl. Com. 177. The doctrine of merger probably results from the maxim, Nemo potest esse dominus et tenens; or perhaps from the inconsistency, but for it, of one person owning two estates in fact,

Dan

sort of men in this kingdom had the title of Dan; as the Spaniards Don, from the Latin Dominus, Jac. Law Dict. A level of proficiency; a person who has gained such position.

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Emphyteusis

by his emphyteusis or not, because the payment of rent was an acknowledgment of the title of the dominus. He was also bound to use the thing over which his right extended, so that it was not

Universal agent

inasmuch as it would be to make such an agent the complete master, not merely dux facti but dominus rerum the complete disposer of all the rights and property of the principal. The law will not from

Very Lord and very tenant

Very Lord and very tenant [versus dominus et verus tenens, Lat.], they are immediate lord and tenant one to another, Bro. Abr

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