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Domesmen

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

Inferior English judges.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

(Sax.) An inferior kind of judges. Men appointed to doom (judge) in matters in controversy. Cowell. Suitors in a court of a manor in ancient demesne, who are judges there, Blount; Whishaw; Termes de la Ley.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In English law. Men appointed to pronounce judgment in suits and controversies; an inferior kind of judges anciently so called; suitors in a court of a manor in ancient demesne.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

(Sax.) An inferior king in matters in controversy. Cowell. Snitors inacourt of a manor in ancient demesne, who are judges there. Blount; Whishaw; Termes de la Ley.

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

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Inferior judges, as in a manor court,

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

\LB,i, homines judidarii,} In English law. Men appointed to doom, i. e. to determine or pronounce judgment in suits and controversies; an inferior kind of judges anciently so called. CowelL See Dome. Suitors in a court of a manor in ancient demesne, who were the judges there. Termes de la ley,