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Domicella

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In old English law

A damsel. Fleta, lib.

1, c. 20, § 80.

DOMICELLUS (Law Lat. dim. of dominus). In old European law. A young lord; a title anciently given to the king's natural sons in France, and sometimes to the eldest sons of noblemen there. Spelman; Blount. Spelman says it answered to the Saxon "adeling," "aetheling."