{{Short description, Term in civil law and Roman law
''Ius utendi'' (or ''usus''), a term in civil law and
Roman law
Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the '' Corpus Juris Civilis'' (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Ju ...
dominium
means "dominion; control; ownership". It is used in some phrases and maxims in legal Latin:
*Dominium directum – Direct ownership, that is control of the property, but not necessarily with right to its utilization or alienation. For example, a ...
''): the right or power to use the property—particularly by residing there—without destroying its substance. It is employed in contradistinction to the '' ius abutendi'', the right of disposal.