DOME-BOOK

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 the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, andthe forms of judicial proceedings. It is said to have been extant so late as the reign ofEdward IV., but is now lost. 1 Bl. Comm. 04, 65.

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