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Definition of Sommersett’ft Case ((1771), Lofft. 119). Held, that slaves coming into England cannot be sent out of the country against their will, and if forcibly detained here are entitled to be discharged by writ of habeas corpus Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

Definition of Sottomayor V. De Barros ((1877), L. R. 3 P. D. 1). The capacity of a party to enter into a contract is governed, as a rule, by the law of the party’s domiciled.Two persons, who were first cousins and domiciled in Portugal, contracted a marriage in England. Such marriage was void […]

Definition of Sounding In Damages An action which is brought to recover damages, as opposed to an action for debt Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Sounding In Damages in the Dictionaries, Sounding In Damages in our legal dictionaries, Related […]

Definition of South Staffordshire Water Co. V. S Harm An ([1896] 2 Q. B. 44). The possessor of land is generally entitled as against the finder to lost things found on the land.The defendant, while cleaning out a pond on the plaintiffs’ land by the latter’s instructions, found two rings, the […]

Solicitor in Europe While Barrister refers principally to a British trial lawyer, in England a solicitor is a lawyer whose practice is devoted largely to serving as a legal agent, representing clients in lower courts, and preparing cases for barristers to try in superior courts; in the United […]

Definition of Solicitor-General The second of the law officers. He is a member of the House of Commons. The office is conferred by patent at the pleasure of the Crown. The salary is 6,000 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Solicitor-General in the […]

Definition of Solvit Ad Diem The plea by the defendant, in an action on a bond, bill, etc., that he had paid on the day the money was due Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Solvit Ad Diem in the Dictionaries, Solvit Ad Diem in our legal dictionaries, […]

Definition of Solvitur In Modum Solventis Money paid is to be applied according to the wish of the person paying it Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Solvitur In Modum Solventis in the Dictionaries, Solvitur In Modum Solventis in our legal […]

Definition of Socage A variety of tenure with fixed and certain services, as distinguished from frankalmoign and knight’s service.Socage was originally of two kinds, free socage and villein socage, according as the services were free or base. Free socage was of two kinds, socage in capite and […]

Definition of Soott V. Shepherd ((1773), 2 W. Bl. 892). A wrongdoer is responsible for the natural consequences of his act, notwithstanding the intervention of a third party. The defendant threw a lighted squib made of gunpowder from the street into the market house, where a large concourse of […]