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SOLICITOR

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In English law. A legal practitioner in the court of chancery. The words "solicitor" and "attorney" are commonly 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 equity. Most attorneys take out a certificate to practice In the courts of chancery, and … [Read more...]

SOLICITOR AND CLIENT COSTS

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A highly punitive award which requires one party to pay all the legal costs associated with a litigation. … [Read more...]

SOLUTUS

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In the civil law. Loosed; freed from confinement; set at liberty. Dig. 50, 16, 48. In Seoteb practice. Purged. A term used in old depositions. … [Read more...]

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