Eng. law. Let right be done to the party. This phrase is written on a petition of right, and subscribed by the king. See Petition of right. … [Read more...] about SOIT DROIT FAIT AL PARTIE
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SOLE POSSESSION
Ownership that is vested in a single person or party. … [Read more...] about SOLE POSSESSION
SOJOURNING
This term means something more than "traveling," and applies to a temporary, as contradistinguished from a permanent residence. Henry v. Ball, 1 Wheat 5, 4 L. Ed. 21. … [Read more...] about SOJOURNING
SOLE PROPRIETOR
A business owner with no partners. An informal business organization which has unlimited personal liability. … [Read more...] about SOLE PROPRIETOR
SOKEMANRIES
Lands and tenements which were not held by knight-service, nor by grand serjeanty, nor by petit but by simple services; being, as it were, lands enfranchised by the king or his predecessors from their ancient demesne. Their tenants were sokemans. Wharton. … [Read more...] about SOKEMANRIES