A highly punitive award which requires one party to pay all the legal costs associated with a litigation. … [Read more...] about SOLICITOR AND CLIENT COSTS
SOLICITOR AND CLIENT COSTS
SOLICITOR
In English law. A legal practitioner in the court of chancery. The words "solicitor" and "attorney" are commonly used indiscriminately, although they are not precisely the same, an attorney being a practitioner in the courts of common law, a solicitor a practitioner in the courts of equity. Most attorneys take out a certificate to practice In the courts of chancery, and … [Read more...] about SOLICITOR
SOLICITATION
(A) A crime of soliciting (encouraging or inducing) another person to engage in the commission of a crime. (B) A crime: The solicitation of a prostitute, to engage in a sexual act in exchange for money. (3) Making requests of other people for them to do something, e.g. donate money to a charity or become a member of a club. … [Read more...] about SOLICITATION
SOLEMNIZE
To solemnize, spoken of a marriage means no more than to enter into a marriage contract with due publication before third persons for the purpose of giving it notoriety and certainty; which may be before any persons relatives friends or strangers competent to testify to the facts. … [Read more...] about SOLEMNIZE
SOLEMNITY
The formality established by law to render a contract, agreement, or other act valid. 2. A marriage, for example, would not be valid if made in jest, and without solemnity. 3. A rite or ceremony; the formality established by law to render a contract, agreement or other act valid. … [Read more...] about SOLEMNITY
