pro domino

pro do·mi·no
UK/pɹəʊ ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/US/pɹoʊ ˈdɑmənoʊ/

adverb

In the capacity of a master or an owner; having dominion over a person, property, or a right.

OriginLatin prō →
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Meanings

adverbpro domino (not comparable)
  1. not comparablelawIn the capacity of a master or an owner; having dominion over a person, property, or a right.

    […] as of right and pro domino to occupy […]

    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
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    [W]hen the Natal Native Trust became Trustee, he held lot 52 no longer permissively but pro domino; […]

    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

    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.

    1957, South African Law Reports, volume I, Cape Town: Juta & Co., →OCLC, page 505

Origin

  1. Latinprō“as, like; as befitting”
  2. Englishpro domino

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

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Chicago

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