Dole
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. dola. Sax. dal; from daelan, to divide, or distribute.] In old English law. A part or portion.
Spelman.
Dolemeadow was one in which several persons had a share.
Cowell.
DOLI CAPAX. Lat. Capable of mischief or criminal intention; of the age of discretion; capable of distinguishing between good and evil. A phrase derived from the civil law, in which it was used in defining the liability of infants to punishment for crimes.
Dig. 29. 5. 14. Id. 50. 17. 111. Id. 47. 2. 23. 1 Bl. Com. 464. 4 Id. 22.
According to Bracton, a female is more doli capax than a male, as arriving sooner at maturity. Bract. fol.
86 b.