An informal business recognized by the law and is owned and managed by one person. For tax purposes, a husband and wife qualify as a sole proprietorship and for federal tax reporting, the business files taxes as part of the taxpayer's personal tax return. There are no legal formalities to set up a sole proprietorship although there still are requirements for tax registration … [Read more...] about SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP
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SOKEMANS
In English law. Those who held their lands in socage. 2 Bl. Comm. 100. Sola ae per se senectns donationem testamentum ant transactionem non vi tiat. Old age does not alone and of itself vitiate a will or gift. … [Read more...] about SOKEMANS
SOLEMN
Formal or the observance of a formality or recognized ceremony. Formal; in regular form; with all the forms of a proceeding. As to solemn "Form," see PROBATE. As to solemn "Oath" and "War," see the nouns. … [Read more...] about SOLEMN
SOKE-REEVE
The lord's rent gatherer In the soca. Cowell. … [Read more...] about SOKE-REEVE
SOLEMNES LEGUM FORMUAE
Latin: In the cvil law. Solemn forms of laws; forms of forensic proceedings and of transacting legal acts. One of the sources of the unwritten law of Rome. Butl. Hor. Jur. 47. … [Read more...] about SOLEMNES LEGUM FORMUAE