In maritime law . A light ship or vessel; dogger-fish, fish brought in ships. Cowell.

Fishermen that belong to dogger-ships.

In the civil law . A word occasionally used as descriptive of an ordinance of the senate. See Nov. 2, 1, 1; Dig. 27, 1, 6.

The formal word by which services were reserved and expressed in old conveyances; as “rendering” (reddendo) was expressive of rent. Perk. c. 10,

A base coin of small value, prohibited by St. 3 Hen. V. c. 1. Westill retain the phrase, In the common saying, when we would undervalue a man, thathe is […]

A part or portion of a meadow is so called; and the word has the generalsignification of share, portion, or the like; as “to dole out” anything among so manypoor […]

Slips of pasture left between the furrows of plowed land.

Capable of malice or criminal intention; having sufficient discretion and intelligence to distinguish between right andwrong, and so to become amenable to the criminal laws.

Incapable of criminal intention or malice; not of the age of discretion ; not possessed of sufficient discretion and intelligence to distinguish between right and wrong to the extent of […]

The unit employed in the United States in calculating money values. It iscoined both in gold and silver, and is of the value of one hundred cents.

A financial transaction involving the sale, and future repurchase, of MORTGAGEBACKED SECURITIES for cash. Through the exchange the selling party effectively borrows money from the purchasing party on a collateralized […]

In a wide sense, the Roman law distinguishes between”good,” or rather “permissible” dolus and “bad” or fraudulent dolus. The former isjustifiable or allowable deceit; it is that which a man […]

In the civil law . Guile; de- ceitfulness; malicious fraud. A fraudulent addressor trick used to deceive some one; a fraud. Dig. 4, 3, 1. Any subtle contrivance bywords or […]

Fraud (or deceit) giving rise to the contract; that is, a fraudulent misrepresentation made by one of the parties to thecontract, and relied upon by the other, and which was […]

An abbreviation of Do- mus I’roccrum or Domo Procerum; the house oflords in England. Sometimes expressed by the letters D. P.

The complete and absolute ownership of land; a paramount and individualright of property in land. People v. Shearer, 30 Cal. 658. Also the real estate so owned. The inherent sovereign […]

(Sax. From dom, judgment, and bee, boc, a book.) Dome-bookor doom-book. A name given among the Saxons to a code of laws. Several of the Saxonkings published dombocs, but the […]

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

A book or code said to have been compiled under the direction ofAlfred, for the general use of the whole kingdom of England; containing, as is supposed,the principal maxims of […]

(Sax.) An ancient record made in the time of William the Conqueror, and now remainingin the English exchequer, consisting of two volumes of unequal size, containing minuteand accurate surveys of […]

(Sax.) An inferior kind of judges. Men appointed to doom (judge) in matters in controversy . Cowell. Suitors Ina court of a manor in ancient demesne , who are judges […]

n. Domestics, or, In full., domestic servants, are servants who reside in the same house with the master they serve. The term does not extend to workmen or laborers employed […]

One appointed at t he place of the domicile of the decedent; distinguished from a foreign or an ancillary administrator .

With reference to the laws and the courts of any given state, a “domestic” corporation is one created by, or organized under, the laws of that state; a “foreign” corporation […]

Such as are habituated to live in or about the habitations of men, or such as contribute to the support of a family or the wealth of the community. This […]