Dome
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
doom.
In old English law. Judgment or sentence.
In old Scots law. Judgment; sentence; doom.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
(Sax.) Doom; sentence; judgment. An oath. The homager’s oath in the black book of Hereford. Blount.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
doom, sax. Judgment, sentence. Domesday-book; an ancient survey or inquisition of all the lands in England, taken under William the Conqueror, and preserved in the Exchequer. V. Court, II.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Doom. [Sax. dom.] In old English law. Judgment or sentence. "So help me God at the holy dome, and by this book." The oath of a juror, mentioned in the Black book of the Admiralty. Molloy de Jur. Mar. 104. "So help me God at his holy dome, and by my trowthe." The homager's oath in the Black book of Hereford. Blount. The reversal of judgment or sentence was in old Scotch law called falsing of domes. Cowell, voc. Domesmen.