'Dominant estate' definitions:

Definition of 'Dominant estate'

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  • Dominant \Dom"i*nant\, a. [L. dominans, -antis, p. pr. of dominari: cf. F. dominant. See Dominate.] Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power. [1913 Webster]
  • The member of a dominant race is, in his dealings with the subject race, seldom indeed fraudulent, . . . but imperious, insolent, and cruel. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • Dominant estate or Dominant tenement (Law), the estate to which a servitude or easement is due from another estate, the estate over which the servitude extends being called the servient estate or tenement. --Bouvier. --Wharton's Law Dict.
  • Dominant owner (Law), one who owns lands on which there is an easement owned by another. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Governing; ruling; controlling; prevailing; predominant; ascendant. [1913 Webster]