SOUND BODY

In good health, without injury or impairment. … [Read more...] about SOUND BODY

Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition(adjective) - Whole; In good condition; marketable. So used in warranties of chattels. Sound and disposing mind and memory. This phrase is often used in the law of wills, to signify testamentary capacity. Sound mind. This term denotes the normal condition of the human mind,that state in which its faculties of perception and judgment … [Read more...] about SOUND

A mortuary, or customary gift due ministers, in many parishes of England, on the death of parishioners. It was originaHy voluntary and intended as amends for ecclesiastical dues neglected to be paid bi the lifetime. 2 Bl. Comm. 425. … [Read more...] about SOUL SCOT

In English law. A drain or water-course. The channels or water-courses used for draining mines are so termed; and those mines which are near to any given sough, and lie within the same level, and are benefited by it, are technically said to lie within the title of that sough. 5 Mees. A W. 228; Brown. … [Read more...] about SOUGH

Latin: In the civil law. A drawing of lots. Sortitio judicum was the process of selecting a number of judges, for a criminal trial, by drawing lots. … [Read more...] about SORTITIO