Dome Book

[Sax. dombec; Lat. liber judicialis.] A book or code said to have been compiled under the direction of Alfred, for the general use of the whole kingdom of England; containing, as is supposed, the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanours, and the forms of judicial proceedings. It is said to have been extant so late as the reign of Edward IV., but is now lost.

1 Bl. Com. 64, 65.

This is stated by Blackstone on the authority of the early English historians, though Mr. Hallam considers their authority insufficient to establish the facts.

2 Hallam's Middle Ages, 402, (7th ed.) 1 Steph. Com. 41, 42.