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Latin: To pay; to comply with one's engagement; te do what one has undertaken to do; to release one's self from obligation, as by payment of a debt. Calvin. Solvere pcanas. To pay the penalty. … [Read more...] about SOLVERE

Lat. In the civil law. Slater; a sister. Ihst. 3, 6, 1. … [Read more...] about SOROR

Latin: He paid; paid. 10 East, 206. Solvit ad diem. He paid at the day. The technical name of the plea, in an action of debt on bond, that the defendant paid the money on the day mentioned in the condition. 1 Archb. N. P. 220, 221. Solvit ante diem. A plea that the money was paid before the day appointed. Solvit post diem. He paid after the day. The plea in an action of debt on … [Read more...] about SOLVIT

The killing or murder of a sister; one who murders his sister. This is not a technical term of the law. … [Read more...] about SORORICIDE

pleading. The name of a plea to an action on a bond, or other obligation to pay money, by which the defendant pleads that he paid the money on the day it was due. 2. This plea ought to conclude with an averment, and not to the country. … [Read more...] about SOLVIT AD DIEM