pro domino

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English

WOTD – 16 February 2017

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin prō (“as, like; as befitting”) + dominō (“owner of a residence; the master of its servants and slaves; lord”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

pro domino (not comparable)

  1. (law) In the capacity of a master or an owner; having dominion over a person, property, or a right.
    • 1892, J. D. Sheil, editor, “Cape Times” Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the Supreme Court, during the Year 1892, volume II, Cape Town: Cape Times, →OCLC:
      […] as of right and pro domino to occupy […]
    • 1920, A. E. Carlisle, T. B. Horwood, editors, South African Law Reports. Natal Provincial Division. Decisions of the Supreme Court of South Africa (Natal Provincial Division) (including the Durban and Coast Local Division), volume 40, Pietermaritzburg: Incorporated Law Society of Natal, →OCLC, page 186:
      hen the Natal Native Trust became Trustee, he held lot 52 no longer permissively but pro domino; […]
    • 1957, South African Law Reports, volume I, Cape Town: Juta & Co., →OCLC, page 505:
      Pro domino or otherwise? M. C. Bosman states that D. S. du Toit possessed as owner and I accept his evidence on this point too, corroborated as it is by the circumstances and the probabilities.

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