I might add that Filmer's notion of dominion as originally granted to Adam  included both ownership of property and authority over men  and here Filmer was trading on erm erm the feudal tradition of erm property erm erm erm dominion erm entails that if you have property rights in a certain tract of territory  you also have political authority over the people inhabiting that or that territory  you know, think of a straightforward standard lord of the manor and his service  you know, he has property rights in the territory, he also has authority over erm the individuals who live off that territory.