Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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SOCIETY

SOLEMN

SOKEMANRIES. Lands and tenements which were not held by knight-service, no r by grand serjeanty, nor by petit, but by simple services; being, as it were, lands en franchised by the king or his predecessors from their ancient demesne. Their tenants were sokemans. Wharton. SOKEMANS. In English law. Those who held their lands in socage. 2 Bl. Comin. 100. Sola ao per se senectus donationem testamentum aut transactionem non vi tiat. Old age does not alone and of itself vitiate a will or gift. 5 Johns. Ch. 148,158. SOLAR. In Spanish law. Land; the demesne, with a house, situate in a strong or fortified place. White, New Kecop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3, § 2. SOLAR DAY. That period of time which begins at sunrise and ends at sunset. Co. Litt. 135a. SOLAR MONTH. A calendar month, (q. v.) SOLARIUM. Lat. In the civil law. A rent paid for the ground, where a person built on the public land. A ground rent. Spelman; Calvin. SOLATIUM. Compensation. Damages allowed for injury to the feelings. SOLD NOTE. A note given by a broker, who has effected a sale of merchandise, to the buyer, stating the fact of sale, quantity, price, etc. Story, Ag. § 28. SOLDIER. A military man; a private in the army. SOLE. Single; individual; separate; the opposite of joint; as a sole tenant. Comprising only one person; the opposite of aggregate; as a sole corporation. Unmarried; as a. feme sole. SOLE CORPORATION. A corporation comprising one person and his successois, who are incorporated by law, in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particularly that of perpetuity, which in their natural persons they could not have had; as the sovereign, bishop, parson, etc. 1 Steph. Comm. 358; 3 Steph. Comm. 4. SOLE TENANT. He that holds lands by his own right only, without any other per son being joined with him. Cowell. SOLEMN. Formal; in regular form, with all the forms of a proceeding.

SOCIETY. An association or company of persons (generally not incorporated) united together for any mutual or common purpose. In a wider sense, the community or public; the people in general. Socii mei socius meus socius non est. The partner of my partner is not my partner. Dig. 50, 17, 47, 1. SOCIUS. In the civil law. A partner. SOCMAN. A socager. SOCMANRY. Free tenure by socage. SOCNA. A privilege, liberty, or fran chise. Cowell. SOCOME. A custom of grinding corn at the lord's mill. Cowell. Bond-socome is where the tenants are bound to it. Blount. SODOMITE. One who has been guilty of sodomy. SODOMY. The crime against nature; carnal copulation, against the order of nat ure, by man with man, or in the same un natural manner with woman, or with a beast. Code Ga. § 4352. SOIL. The surface, or surface-covering of the land, not including minerals beneath it or grass or plants growing upon it. But in a wider (and more usual) sense, the term is equivalent to "land," and includes all that is below, upon, or above the surface. SOIT BAILE AUX COMMONS. L. Fr. Let it be delivered to the commons. The form of indorsement on a bill when sent to the house of commons. Dyer, 93a. SOIT BAILE AUX SEIGNEURS. L. Fr. Let it be delivered to the lords. The form of indorsement on a bill in parliament when sent to the house of lords. Hob. Ilia. SOIT DROIT FAIT AL PARTIE. L. Fr. In English law. Let right be done to the party. A phrase written on a petition of right, and subscribed by the king. SOIT FAIT COMMEIL EST DESIRE. L. Fr. Let it be as it is desired. The royal assent to private acts of parliament. SOJOURNING. This term means some thing more than "traveling," and applies to a temporary, as contradistinguished from a permanent, residence. 1 Wheat. 5. SOEE-REEVE. The lord's rent gather er in the soca. Cowell.

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