Domesday
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
DCMESDAY - BOOK. if (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 minule and accurate surveys of the lands in England.
2% Bl. Com. 49, 50.
The work was begun by five justices in cach county in 1081, and finished in 1086.