Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

SOUND MIND

SOMMATION

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that slavery no longer existed in England in any form, and could not for the future exist on English soil, and that any person brought into England as a slave could not be thence removed except by the legal means applica ble in the case of any free-born person. SOMMATION. In French law. A de mand served by a huissier, by which one party calls upon another to do or not to do a certain thing. This document has for its ob ject to establish that upon a certain date the demand was made. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 574. SOMNAMBULISM. Sleep-walking. Whether this condition is anything more than a co-operation of the voluntary muscles with the thoughts which occupy the mind during sleep is not settled by physiologists. Wharton. SON. An immediate male descendant; the correlative of "father." Technically a word of purchase, unless explained. SON. Fr. His. Her. La. art. 3522. See Civil Code SON ASSAULT DEMESNE. L. Fr. His own assault. A plea which occurs in the actions of trespass and trespass on the fase, by which the defendant alleges that it was the plaintiff's own original assault that occasioned the trespass for which he has brought the action, and that what the defend ant did was merely in his own defense. Steph. PI. 186. SON-IN-LAW. The husband of one's daughter. SONTAGE. A tax of forty shillings an ciently laid upon every knight's fee. Cowell. SONTICUS. Lat. In the civil law. Hurtful; injurious; hindering; excusing or justifying delay. Morbus sonticus is any illness of so serious a nature as to prevent a defendant from appearing in court and to give him a valid excuse. Calvin. SOON. If there is no time specified for the performance of an act, or if it is speci fied that it is to be performed soon, the law implies that it is to be performed within a reasonable time. 14 Kan. 232. SOBEHON, or SOBN. An arbitrary exaction, formerly existing in Scotland and Ireland. Whenever a chieftain bad a mind to revel, be came down among the tenants with his followers, by way of contempt called

Wharton; Bell. SOBNEB. In Scotch law. A person who takes meat and drink from others by force or menaces, without paying for it. Bell. SOBOB. Lat. In the civil law. Sister; a sister. Inst. 3, 6, 1. SOBORICIDE. The killing or murder of a sister; one who murders his sister. This is not a technical term of the law. SOBS. Lat. In the civil law. Lot? chance; fortune; hazard; a lot, made of wood, gold, or other material. Money borrowed, or put out at interest. A principal sum or fund, such as the capital of a partnership* Ainsworth; Calvin. In old English law. A principal lent on interest, as distinguished from the inter est itself. A thing recovered in action, as distin guished from the costs of the action. SOBTITIO. Lat. In the civil law. A drawing of lots. Sortitio judicum was the process of selecting a number of judges, for a criminal trial, by drawing lots. SOUGH. In English law. A drain or water-course. The channels or water-courses used for draining mines are so termed; and those mines which are near to any given sough, and lie within the same level, and are benefited by it, are technically said to lie within the title of that sough. 5 Mees. & W. 228; Brown. SOUL SCOT. A mortuary, or customary gift due ministers, in many parishes of Eng land, on the death of parishioners. It was originally voluntary and intended as amends for ecclesiastical dues neglected to be paid in the liie-time. 2 Bl. Comm. 425. SOUND, v. To have reference or relation to; to aim at. An action is technically said to sound in damages where it is brought not for the specific recovery of a thing, but for damages only. Steph. PI. 105. SOUND, adj. Whole; in good condition; marketable. So used in warranties of chat tels. SOUND AND DISPOSING MIND AND MEMOBY. This phrase is often used in the law of wills, to signify testa mentary capacity. SOUND MIND. This term denotes the normal condition of the human mind,—that

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