domaniality

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noun

The state or quality of being domanial.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

noundomaniality (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being domanial.

    3. Verification of the domaniality of the land.[…]

    1994, Haile M. Larebo, The Building of an Empire: Italian Land Policy and Practice in Ethiopia, 1935-1941, Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 205
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    However, although the rule of public domaniality is still in force, it has to be admitted that the populations in the area frequently behave as owners of the water and not just as users.

    1978, Irrigation and Drainage Paper, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, →ISBN, page 197

    Legal professionals and, in particular, Mr Sonnier (author of the 1935 Water Code), had attempted to justify the principle of domaniality using Muslim law as their premise.

    2021 March 15, Sandrine Simon, Reviving Indigenous Water Management Practices in Morocco: Alternative Pathways to Sustainable Development, Routledge, →ISBN

Origin

Translations

Finnish julkisuus, valtakunnallisuus
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French domanialité
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German Domanialität
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APA

domaniality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domaniality

MLA

“domaniality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domaniality. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “domaniality,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domaniality.

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