Dome in United Kingdom

Meaning of Dome

The following is an old definition of Dome [1]: A judgment, decree, sentence. Dome-book. Any book of judgments. Alfred collected the customs of the kingdom and reduced them to a system or code in his ” Dom-bec,”for the use of his tribunals. The volume also contained the maxims of the common law, forms for judicial proceedings, and certain penalties. The book may be seen, in both Saxon and English, in “The Ancient Laws and Institutes of England,” published by the Record Commissioners, Vol. 1, pp. 45-101. At the head of the book stand the Ten Commandments, followed by many Mosaic precepts. After quoting the canons of the apostolic council at Jerusalem, Alfred refers to the commandment “As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them,” adding, ” from this one doom a man may remember that he judge every one righteously: he need heed no other doom-book.” The Commandments and such portions of the Law of Moses as were prefixed to the code became a part of the law of the land. Labor oh Sunday was made criminal, and heavy pimishments were exacted for perjury. Domesday-book. A survey of all the lands in England, with the names of their owners, their value, etc., compiled, by direction of the Conqueror, 1081-86. The completeness of the survey made it ” a day of judgment ” as to the extent, value, and other qualities of every piece of land. It was practically a careful census, and became a final authority on tenures and titles. The two original volumes are preserved in the Exchequer.

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Notes and References

1. Concept of Dome provided by the Anderson Dictionary of Law (1889) (Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence; William C. Anderson; T. H. Flood and Company, Law Publishers, Chicago, United States)