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DOMESDAY, DOMESDAY BOOK

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(Sax.) An ancient record made in the time of William the Conqueror, and now remaining in the English exchequer, consisting of two volumes of unequal size, containing minute and accurate surveys of the lands in England. 2 Bl. Comm. 49, 50. The work was begun by five justices in each county in 1081, and finished in 1086. … [Read more...]

DOLI

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Lat. See Dolus. … [Read more...]

DOMESMEN

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(Sax.) An inferior kind of judges. Men appointed to doom (judge) In matters in controversy. Cowell. Suitors in a court of a manor in ancient demesne, who are judges there. Blount; Whishaw; Termes de la Ley. … [Read more...]

DOLI CAPAX

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Capable of deceit, mischief, having knowledge of right and wrong. See Discretion; Criminal law, 2. … [Read more...]

DOMESTIC

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(noun) - Domestics, or, in full, domestic servants, are servants who reside in the same house with the master they serve. The term does not extend to workmen or laborers employed out of doors. Ex parte Meason, 5 Bin. (Pa.) 167. The Louisiana Civil Code enumerates as domestics those who receive wages and stay in the house of the person paying and employing them, for his own … [Read more...]

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