KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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SOIL

SOLICITOR

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. Fr. Let it be; be it so. A term used in several Law-French phrases employ ed in English law, particularly as expressive of the will or assent of the sovereign in form al communications with parliament or with private suitors. —Soit baile anz commons. Let it be de livered to the commons. The form of indorse ment on a bill when sent to the house of com mons. Dyer, 93a.—Soit baile anx seigneurs. Let it be delivered to the lords. The form of indorsement bn a bill in parliament when sent to the house of lords. Hob. Ilia.—Soit droit fait al partie. In English law. Let right be done to the party. A phrase written on a peti tion of right, and subscribed by the king.—Soit fait oomme il est desire. 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. Henry v. Ball, 1 Wheat 5, 4 L. Ed. 21. SOKE-REEVE. The lord's rent gather er in the soca. Oowell. SOKEMANRIES. Lands and tenements which were not held by knight-service, nor 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 aokemans. Wharton. SOKEMANS. In English law. Those who held their lands in socage. 2 Bl. Comm. 100. Sola ae per se senectns donationem testamentum ant transactionem non vi tiat. Old.age does not alone and of itself vitiate a will or gift Van Alst v. Hunter, 5 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 148, 158. SOLAR. In Spanish law. Land; the demesne, with a house, situate in a strong or fortified place. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 5, c 3, f 2. SOLAR DAT. That period of time which begins at sunrise and ends at sunset Co: Litt 135a. SOLAR MONTH. A calendar month. See MONTH. 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; Saladin T. Mit chell, 45 111. 83. 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. See the nouns. SOLEMN. Formal; in regular form; with all the forms of a proceeding. As to solemn "Form," see PBOBATE. AS to solemn "Oath" and "War," see the nouns. SOLEMNES LEGUM FORMULA. Lat In the civil law. Solemn forms of laws; forms of forensic proceedings and of trans acting legal acts. One of the sources of the unwritten law of Rome. Butl. Hor. Jur. 47. ATTACHIAMENTO RUM. In old English practice. Solemnity or formality of attachments. The issuing of attachments in a certain formal and regular order. Bract fols. 439, 440; 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 48a Solemnitates juris sunt observandse. The solemnities of law are to be observed. Jenk. Cent 13. SOLEMNITY. A rite or ceremony; the formality established by law to render a con tract, agreement or other act valid. SOLEMNIZE. To solemnize, spoken of a marriage, means no more than to enter in to a marriage contract with due publication, before third persons, for the purpose of giv ing it notoriety and certainty; which may be before any persons, relatives, friends, or strangers, competent to testify to the facts. See Dyer v. Brannock, 66 Mo. 410, 27 Am. Rep. 359; Pearson v. Howey, 11 N. J. Law, 19; Bowman v. Bowman, 24 111. App. 172. SOLICITATION. Asking; enticing; ur gent request. Thus "solicitation of chasti ty" is the asking or urging a woman to surrender her chastity. The word is also used in such phrases as "solicitation to lar ceny/' to bribery, etc. SOLICITOR. In English law. A legal practitioner in the court of chancery. The words "solicitor" and "attorney" are com monly used indiscriminately, although they are not precisely the same, an attorney being a practitioner in the courts of common law, a solicitor a practitioner in the courts of eq- SOLEMNITAS