Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to domains or landed estates.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or relating to a domain or to domains.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
domain
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Examples
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The régime domanial effectively made ivory and rubber products the exclusive property of the state in Congo.
1892 2001
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And the most learned writers on jurisprudence -- in imitation of the Roman praetor who recognized a right of property and a right of possession -- have carefully distinguished between the domain and the right of usufruct, use, and habitation, which, reduced to its natural limits, is the very expression of justice; and which is, in my opinion, to supplant domanial property, and finally form the basis of all jurisprudence.
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890
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The Abbé Dulac suggests that the ten older of the children had died, or that by some family arrangement he was allowed to add the domanial name to the patronymic one.
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OF POSSESSION -- have carefully distinguished between the DOMAIN and the right of USUFRUCT, USE, and HABITATION, which, reduced to its natural limits, is the very expression of justice; and which is, in my opinion, to supplant domanial property, and finally form the basis of all jurisprudence.
What is Property? 1837
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