CREDITOR DOMINII

creditor dominii (kred-i-tor d[schwa]-min-ee-I). [Law Latin] Hist. The creditor who is entitled to ownership of an object; a secured creditor. “Creditor dominii…. In commodate the lender is creditor of the subject, and on the bankruptcy of the borrower may vindicate his right of property and recover the subject itself ….” John Trayner, Trayner’s Latin Maxims […]