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Dominicide

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The act of killing one's lord or master. DOMINICUM (Lat. domain; demain; demesne). A lordship; that of which one has the lordship or ownership; that which remains under the lord's immediate charge and control. In this sense it is equivalent to the Saxon bordlands. Spelman; Blount. In regard to lands for which the lord received services and homage merely, the dominiiyum was in the tenant. In Ecclesiastical Law. A church, or any other building consecrated to God.Du Cange.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The killing of one’s master.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The act of killing one’s lord er master,