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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

Judgment.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

(Sax.) Doom; sentence; judgment. An oath. The homager's oath in the black book of Hereford. Blount.

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.