Dome Book
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
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 misdemeanors, and tne forms of judicial proceedings. It is said to have been extant so late as the reign of Mward IV., but is now lost. 1 Bl. Comm. This is stated by Blackstone on the authority of the early English historians, but Mr. Hallam considers the authority insufficient.
2 Hallam, Mid. Ages, 402.