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(Sax.) Doom; sentence; judgment. An oath. The homager's oath in the black book of Hereford. Blount. … [Read more...] about DOME

A book or code said to have been compiled under the direction of Alfred, for the general use of the whole kingdom of England; containing, as is supposed, the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. It is said to have been extant so late as the reign of Edward IV., but is now lost. 1 Bl. Comm. 64, 65. … [Read more...] about DOME-BOOK

Slips of pasture left between the furrows of plowed land. … [Read more...] about DOLES, OR DOOLS

A book in which Alfred the Great, of England, after uniting the Saxon heptarchy, collected the various customs dispersed through the kingdom, and digested them into one uniform code. 4 … [Read more...] about DOME-BOOK or DOOM-BOOK or DOM-BEC

Sax. A wound. Spelman. … [Read more...] about DOLG