One who his been guilty of sodomy. Formerly such offender was punished with great severity, and was deprived of the power of making a will. … [Read more...] about SODOMITE
SOCIEDAD
In Spanish law. Partnership. Schm. Civil Law, 153, 154. Sociedad anonima. In Spanish and Mexican law. A business corporation. "By the corporate name, the shareholders' names are unknown to the world; and, so far as their connection with the corporation is concerned, their own names may be said to be anonymous, that is, nameless. Hence the derivation of the term 'anonymous' as … [Read more...] about SOCIEDAD
SOCER
Latin: In the civil law. A wife's father a father-in-law. Calvin. … [Read more...] about SOCER
SOCAGER
A tenant by socage. Socagium idem est quod servitvm no cce; et soca, idem est quod caruca. Co. Litt 86. Socage is the same as service of the soc; and soc is the same thing as a plow. … [Read more...] about SOCAGER
SOCIETAS
Latin: In the civil law. Partnership; a partnership; the contract of partnership. Inst 3, 26. A contract by which the goods or labor of two or more are united in a common stock, for the sake of sharing in the gain. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 2, c. 18, no. 12. Socitas leonina. That kind of society or partnership by which the entire profits belong to some of the partners, in … [Read more...] about SOCIETAS