PATRIMONIUM
\pˌatɹɪmˈə͡ʊni͡əm], \pˌatɹɪmˈəʊniəm], \p_ˌa_t_ɹ_ɪ_m_ˈəʊ_n_iə_m]\
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In the civil law. The private and exclusive ownership or dominion of an individual. Things capable of being possessed by a single person to the exclusion of all others (or which are actually so possessed) are said to be in patrimonio; if not capable of being so possessed, (or not actually so possessed,) they are said to be extra patrimonium. See Gaius, bk. 2,
By Henry Campbell Black
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