DOMUS
Categories: Constitutional
Definition (1910 Edition)
Origin: Historical
Lat. In the civil and old English law. <A house or dwelling; a habitation. Inst. 4, 4, 8; Townsh. Pl. 183-185. Bennet v. Bittle, 4 Rawle (Pa.) 342. —Domus capitularis. In old records. A chapter-house; the chapter-house, Dyer, 260. —Domus conversorum. An ancient house built or appointed by King Hen Jews as were converted to the Christian faith; but King Edward III., who expelled the Jews from the kingdom, deputed the place for the eustody of the rolls and records of the chanery Jacob—Domus Dei. The house of
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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