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pro domino

adv
/pɹəʊ ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/UK/pɹoʊ ˈdɑmənoʊ/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from prō

Definitions

  1. In the capacity of a master or an owner

    In 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 […]
    • [W]hen the Natal Native Trust became Trustee, he held lot 52 no longer permissively but pro domino; […]
    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA