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  • SOKEMANS
    In English law. Those who held their lands In socage. 2 Bl. Comm. 100. Sola ao per se eeneetus donationem testamentum aut transaetionem 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, | 2.
  • SOLAR DAY
    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. I 28; Saladin Mitchell, 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 solo 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 PROBATE. As to solemn "Oath" and "War," see the nouns.
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