civil law. Payment. 2. By this term, is understood, every species of discharge or liberation, which is called satisfaction, and with which the creditor is satisfied. This term has rather a reference to the substance of the obligation, than to the numeration or counting of the money. … [Read more...] about SOLUTION
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SOLICITOR
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...] about SOLICITOR
SOLUTIONS FEODI MILITIS PARLIAMENT OR FEODI BURGENSTS PARLIAMENTS
Old writs whereby knights of the shire and burgesses might have recovered their wages or allowance if it had been refused. 35 Hen. VIII. c. 11. … [Read more...] about SOLUTIONS FEODI MILITIS PARLIAMENT OR FEODI BURGENSTS PARLIAMENTS
SOLICITOR AND CLIENT COSTS
A highly punitive award which requires one party to pay all the legal costs associated with a litigation. … [Read more...] about SOLICITOR AND CLIENT COSTS
SOLUTUS
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...] about SOLUTUS