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Old Dominion
Virginia a name of uncertain origin perh from the old designation of the colony as ldquothe Colony and Dominion of
Uses
no use upon a use, equity interfered, and resuming her old dominion, treated C., the person having the second use, as the
Colony
Parliament. The alterations may be general or partial, leaving the old laws still in force touching matters unprovided for. In the … of other nations, she was now acquired a more extensive dominion of colonies and dependencies than any other nation. The colonies
Tenure
see ANCIENT DEMESNE, and the authorities there referred to. The old Saxon ecclesiastical tenures, which were continued under the Normans, are … to derive from feudalism, which separated the dominium directum (the dominion of the soil), which it placed mediately, or immediately, in
Prize Court
the High Court), which is a mere civil tribunal. The old Court of Admiralty had in fact from very ancient times … such jurisdiction on the high seas and throughout His Majesty's dominions and in every place where His Majesty has jurisdiction as
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