SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

The placement of a prisoner in a holding cell alone and away from all other prisoners, frequently as a method of discipline but potentially to prevent harm or injury to the prisoner. When a form of punishment, confinement may be harsh and the cell may be almost completely devoid of light and sound. … [Read more...] about SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

In old English law. Two plow-lands, and somewhat less than a half. Co. Litt. 5a. Solo codit quod solo inaodifioatur. That which is built upon the soil belongs to the soil. The proprietor of the soil becomes also proprietor of the building erected upon it Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...] about SOLINUM

A coin equal to 13s. 4d. of the present standard. 4 Steph. Comm. 119rt. Originally the "solidus" was a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire, but in medieval times the term was applied to several varieties of coins, or as descriptive of a money of account apd is supposed to be the root from which "shilling" is derived. … [Read more...] about SOLIDUS LEGALIS

Lat. In the civil law. A whole; an entire or undivided thing. … [Read more...] about SOLIDUM

civil law. In solido, is a term used to designate those contracts in which the obligors are bound, jointly and severally, or in which several obligees are each entitled to demand the whole of what is due. 2. 1. There is an obligation in solido on the part of debtors, when they are all obliged to the same thing, so that each may be compelled to pay the whole, and when the … [Read more...] about SOLIDO