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Dombec

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

domboc, sax. Dome-book or doom-book, — a name given, among the Saxons, to a code of laws. v. Dome-book; Domesday.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

DOMBOC. (Sax. From dom, judgment, and bec, boc, a book.) Domebook or doom-book. A name given among the Saxons to a code of laws. Several of the Saxon kings published domboes, but the most important one was that attributed to Alfred. Crabb, Com. Law, 7. This is sometimes confounded with the celebrated Domesday-Book. See Domesday.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

domboc, sax. A code of laws; the Dome-book, a code of laws and precedents compiled under King Alfred.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Domboc. Sax. [from dom, judgment, and bec, boc, a book.] Domebook or doombook. A name given among the Saxons, to a code of laws. Several of the Saxon kings published dombocs, but the most important one was that attributed to Alfred. Crabb's Hist. 7. This is sometimes confounded with the celebrated Domesday book. See Domebook, Domesday.