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DOMA

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See Defense of Marriage Act. … [Read more...]

DOMAIN

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It signifies sometimes, dominion, territory governed sometimes, possession, estate and sometimes, land about the mansion house of a lord. By domain is also understood the right to dispose at our pleasure of what belongs to us. 2. A distinction, has been made between property and domain. The former is said to be that quality which is conceived to be in the thing itself, … [Read more...]

DOMAIN NAME

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A combination of letters and numbers and dashes which identify a specific IP (Internet Protocol) address, which is a computer or serious of computers that are connected to the Internet, such as the web server that displays a website. A domain name consists of several parts (a) the top-level domain or TLD such as .com or .gov which identifies the type of business such as … [Read more...]

DOMBEC , DOMBOC

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(Sax. From dom, judgment, and bee, boct a book.) Dome-book or doom-book. A name given among the Saxons to a code of laws. Several of the Saxon kings published dombocsf but the most important one was that attributed to Alfred. Crabb, Com. Law, 7. This is sometimes confounded with the celebrated Domesday-Book. See DOME-BOOK, DOMES-DAY. … [Read more...]

DOME

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

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