Among the Roman lawyers this term signified that kind of society or partnership by which the entire profits should belong to some of the partners in exclusion of the rest. 2. It was so called in allusion to the fable of the lion and other animals, who having entered into partnership for the purpose of hunting, the lion appropriated all the prey to himself. … [Read more...] about SOCIETAS LEONINA
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SOBRE-JUEZES
In Spanish law. Superior judges. Las Partidas, pt 3, tit 4, L L … [Read more...] about SOBRE-JUEZES
SOCIETE
Fr. In French law. Partnership. See COMMENDAM. Sooiete anonyme. An association where the liability of all the partners is limited. It had in England until lately no other name than that of "chartered company," meaning thereby S joint-stock company whose shareholders, by a charter from the crown, or a special enactment of the legislature, stood exempted from any liability for … [Read more...] about SOCIETE
SOBRINI AND SOBRINAE
Latin: In the civil law. The children of cousins gerinan in general. … [Read more...] about SOBRINI AND SOBRINAE
SOCIETE EN COMMENDITE
This term is borrowed from the laws of France, and is used in Louisiana; the societe en commendite, or partnership in commendam, is formed by a contract, by which one person or partnership agrees to furnish another person or partnership a certain amount, either in property or money, to be employed by the person or partnership to whom it is furnished, in his or their own name or … [Read more...] about SOCIETE EN COMMENDITE