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(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 there. Blouut; Whishaw;Termes de la Ley.

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 out of doors. Ex parte Meason, 5 Bin. (Pa.) 107.The Louisiana Civil Code enumerates as domestics those who receive wages and stay in the house of the person paying and employing them, for his own service or that of his family; such as valets, footmen, cooks, butlers, and others who reside in the house. Persons employed in public houses are not included. Cook v. Dodge, 6 La. Ann. 276.

Slips of pasture left between the furrows of plowed land.

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

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.

With reference to the laws and the courts of any given state, a ÒdomesticÓ corporation is one created by, or organized under, the laws of that state; a ÒforeignÓ corporation is one created by or under the laws of another state, government, or country. In re Grand Lodge, 110 Pa. 613, 1 Atl. 582; Boley v. Trust Co., 12 Ohio St. 143; Bowen v. Bank, 34 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 411.

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 being criminally responsible for his actions. Dolus auctoris non nocet successor! The fraud of a predecessor prejudices nor his successor.Dolus circuitu non purgatur. Fraud is not purged by circuity. Bac. Max. 4; Broom, Max. 22S. Dolus est machinatio, cum aliud dis- simulat aliud agit. Lane. 47. Deceit is an artifice, since it pretends one thing and does another.D olus et fraus nemini patrocinentur, (patrocinari debent.) Deceit and fraud shall excuse or benefit no man. Year. 14 Hen. VIII. 8; Best, Ev. p. 409.

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 term includes horses, (State v. Could, 26V. Va. 204; Osborn v. Lenox, 2 Allen [Mass.I 207,) but may or may not include dogs. Sec Wilcox v. State, 101 Ga. 593, 28 S. E. 981, 39 L. It. A. 709; State v. Ilarriman, 75Me. 502, 46 Am. Rep. 423; Hurley v. State, 30 Tex. App. 333, 17 S. W. 455, 28 Am. St.Rep. 910

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 bill of exchange drawn on a person residing in the same state with the drawer; or dated at a place in the state, and drawn on a person living within the state. It is the residence of the drawer and drawee which must determine whether a bill is domestic or foreign. Ragsdale v. Franklin, 25 Miss. 143.