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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

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

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

contracts. The name of an instrument in writing, given by a broker to a buyer of merchandise, in which it is stated that the goods therein mentioned have been sold to him. Some confusion may be found in the books as to the name of these notes; they are sometimes called bought notes. … [Read more...] about SOLD NOTE

A military man; a private in the army. 2. The constitution of the United States, amendm. art. 3, directs that no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner; nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. … [Read more...] about SOLDIE