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dormant  (dor-m<<schwa>>nt),  adj.  Inactive;  suspended;  latent  <a  dormant  judgment>.  — dormancy,n. [Blacks Law 8th]

dope.  1.  A  thick  liquid  used  esp.  for  medicinal  purposes.  2.Slang.  A  drug,  esp.  a  narcotic. [Cases: Controlled Substances    9.] [Blacks Law 8th]

doowop docket.Slang. See DWOP docket under DOCKET(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

doorstep loan.See LOAN. [Blacks Law 8th]

doorkeeper.Parliamentary  law.  An  officer  charged  with  regulating  access to  the  chamber  or hall where a deliberative assembly meets. — Also termed guard. [Blacks Law 8th]

door-closing  statute.A  state  law  closing  or  denying  access  to  local  courts  unless  a  plaintiff meets specified conditions; esp., a statute requiring a foreign corporation to “qualify” before doing business  in  the  state,  including  registering  with  the  secretary  of  state,  paying  a  fee  or  tax,  and appointing an agent to receive service of process. [Cases: Corporations   …

Doomsday book.See DOMESDAY BOOK. [Blacks Law 8th]

doombook,n.[fr. Saxon dombec] Hist. A code, compiled under Alfred, containing maxims of common law, judicial forms, and criminal penalties. • The code existed until the reign of Edward IV when it was lost. — Also termed domebook (doom-buuk); domboc; liber judicialis of Alfred. [Blacks Law 8th]

doom,  n.  Hist.  1.A  statute  or  law.  2.  A  judgment;  esp.,  a  sentence  in  a  criminal  matter.  3. Justice; fairness. 4. A trial; the process of adjudicating. “The  word  ‘doom’  is,  perhaps,  best  translated  as  ‘judgment.’  It  survived  in  occasional  use until the fourteenth century. Wyclif’s translation of the Bible, rendering the verse, ‘For with…

donum gratuitum.See gratuitous gift under GIFT. [Blacks Law 8th]