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Meaning of DOMEBOOK

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dome"book`\, n. [Dome doom + book.] (O. Eng. Law)
A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King
Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims
of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the
forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a
general name for book of judgments. --Burrill.
 
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