a. [see prec.] Beneficial; having possession with all its benefits, but without a legal ‘title.’
1833. J. Kenrick, in Philol. Museum, II. 634. They were compelled to concede to the revolted plebeians at first only the bonitary dominion of their lands, i. e. the power of using them liable to perpetual revocation.
1875. Poste, Gaius, II. com. 188. He [Theophilus] also calls bonitary dominion natural dominion, as opposed to statutory, civil, or quiritary dominion.
