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* DOMICILE. 877 DOMINICA. many of the American States this rule has been directly abolished by statute as opposed to the natural policy of this country, and in others it has become obsolete by general consent. (Sep Alien.) Under the Roman or civil law it was considered that a man miuht lej;ally hold two domiciles, as when he resideil part of the year in one place and part in another, or when he main- tained two businesses in separate places: but, as has been explained above, the modern law of Eu- rope and merica has no room for this c(mcep- tion. In matters of taxation and in the applica- tion of the poor laws the term domicile is often used, sometimes loosely, and its definition is often of importance in decidinfr such matters; the courts will often in treatinjr such questions give the word the more restricted meanini; that is attached to the words dwellintj-place, home and residence. It has been held by several American courts that the domicile of a sailor is the place where he voluntarily spends most of his time when on shore. See Aixegiaxce ; Citizen ; Sub- ject. The authorities are numerous. The most im- portant are Dicey, The Law of Domicile (London, 1879) : Dicey, Conflict of Laws (London, 1896) ; Round, En(jlish Law of Domicile (London. 1861) ; Westlake, Privale International Law (3d ed,, London, 1891); lloore, Digest of the Interna- tional Law of the United States (Washington, 1903): Sfocquart, Studies in Private Interna- tional Law (Brussels, 1900). DOMINANT (from Lat. dominari, to rule, from dominiis, lord: connected with Gk, Sa/juv, daman, Skt. dam, to subdue, OHG. zam, Gcr, zahm, Icel. tainr. AS. torn. Engl, tame). In music — (1) The fifth tone of the scale. (2) Dominant chord, the triad upon the fifth degree. So in the key of C it is gbd. It is always a major chord in both major and minor keys. (3) Dominant serenth, a chord obtained by adding a minor sev- enth to the dominant triad. Its resolution is de- termined by the third, which, being the leading- tone (q.v. ) of the scale, moves a half step up- ward: and the seventh, which always descends a half step. In the key of C the dominant seventh is g-b-d-f: the resolution, g-c-e, (4) The kei/ of the dominant is the one most closely related to the tonic key. Xext comes the key of the fifth below or sub-dominant. All the tones of the scale pan be regarded as component elements of these three fundamental chords, thus: Sob-Pom. Dom. P A C E G B D • Tonic DOMINE QTJO VADIS, dO'm^ nS kwo va'd^s. A small church on the outskirts of Rome on the Appian Way. named from the tradition that when Peter was fleeing from persecution in Rome, he was met at this pla<'e by Christ going toward the city. Peter, astounded, asked : "Domine, quo vadis?" (Lord, whither goest thou?) The Saviour answered : "To Rome, to be crucified again ;" and the Apostle in shame retraced his st«ps to the city. In the church is sho^vn a stone bearing a copy of the footprint of Christ. DOMINGO, dA-men'gft, San or Santo. See Santo Domingo. DOM'INIC, Saint (1170-1221). The founder of the Onbr of Preaching Friars (Fratrcs I'rw- dicatores), in the Roman Catholic Church. He was born at Callaroga in the north of Spain, probably of the illustrious Guzman family. He studied theology in Palcncia, and in 1195 be- came canon of dsnia in Castile, With his su- perior, Diego de Azevedo, Uishop of Osma from 1201, he made several journeys, one as far as Denmark. On their way back to Spain from a visit to Rome they found at Montpellier three Papal legates debating on the means to be adopted for the suppression of the Albigensian heresy, and recommended as the most ellicient means the setting of a notable example of humility and self-denial. Dominic, with his bishop, began to preach throughout Languedoc, and in the following year founded at Prouille his first institution, an asylum for poor girls who were in danger of changing their faith through lack of means to resist the inducements held out by the rich and powerful adherents of the new- belief. Whether he took part in the crusade of e.xtermination against the Albigenses headed by Simon de Montfort after the murder of the Papal legate, Peter of Castelnavi, is not known : but he labored incessantly for the conversion of the people at all times. From 1215 his life was spent in arduous work in connection with the Order which he founded in that year. (See Dominicans.) After holding the second general chapter of the Order at Bologna in 1221, he had made up his mind to preach the Gospel among the heathen Cumans, a I'gric tribe in Hungary, and, if possible, to gain the crown of martyrdom; but he died on August 6. at Bologna, where his body is buried in the Church of Saint Nicholas. Pope Gregory IX. canonized him in 1234. Con- sult: The original Life by .Jordanus. De Principiis Ordinis Prcrdicatorum, ed. J. Berthier (Freiburg, 1892) ; Lacordaire. T'l'e de Saint Dominique (Bru.ssels, 1841: Engl, trans., London. 1883): Drane, The Life of Saint Dominic (3d ed.. Lon- don, 1891) ; Herkless, Francis and Dominic (Xew York, 1901): Guiraud, Saint Dominic (Xew York. 1901). DOMINICA, do'rae-nen<a. or DOMINIQUE, doni'i-nek'. One of the Briti.sh West Indict, the largest of the Leeward group, lying between the French island of Guadeloupe on the north and Martinique on the south (Map: West Indies, R 7), Area. 291 Square miles. It is mountain- ous, contjiining the highest peaks found in the Leeward group, which rise to a height of over iiOOO feet. Its irregular siirface, together with the subterranean vapors and boiling lakes, prove the volcanic origin of the island. The soil is well watered and in some parts highly fertile. The chief products are cofTee, cacao, cotton, indigo, sugar, and several kinds of fruit. The annual value of the commerce fiuctuates between £120.- 000 and £130.000, the imports usually exceeding the exports by about £10.000. Dominica forms a Presidency of the Leeward group and sends two members to the Federal Legislative Council at Antigua. Locally, the island is administered by a Governor, assisted by an executive council of ten members. Prior to 1898 the Legislative Assembly was partly representative, but since then it has consisted of six oflicial and six un- official members, nominated bv the Governor. Population, in 1891. 26,841: in 1901, 28,894, mostly colored. Roseau, the capital, is a forti- fied town and port with a population of about 5000, and has a United States consular agency.