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Deemster

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Demster. [from Sax. dema, a judge, or dom, judgment.] A kind of judges, [two judges, according to Spelman,] in the Isle of Man, who decided all controversies without process, writings or any charge.

Cowell. Blount. Spelman.