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SOMPNOUR

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In ecclesiastical law, an officer of the ecclesiastical courts whose duty was to serve citations or process. … [Read more...]

SON

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An immediate male descendant;. the, correlative of "father." Technically a word of purchase, unless explained. Its meaning may be extended by construction to include more remote descendants, such as a grandchild, and also to include an illegitimate male child, though the presumption is against this. See Flora v. Anderson … [Read more...]

SON ASSAULT DEMESNE

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pleading. His own first assault. A form of a plea to justify an assault and battery, by which the defendant asserts that the plaintiff committed an assault upon him, and the defendant merely defended himself. 2. When the plea is supported by evidence, it is a sufficient justification, unless the retaliation by the defendant were excessive, and bore no proportion to the … [Read more...]

SON-IN-LAW

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in Latin called gener. The husband of one's daughter. … [Read more...]

SOLVABILITY

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Fr. In French law. Ability to pay; solvency. Emerig. Traite des Assur. c. 8, … [Read more...]

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