Sowne
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A corruption of the French sou - Venn, remembered. Estreats that are sowne are such as the sheriff may gather.
Cowell.
See Estreats. SPADONES (Eat.). In Civil Law. Those who, on account of their temperament or some accident they have suffered, are unable to procreate.
Inst. 1. 11. 9; Dig. 1. 7. 2. 1.
And see Impotence.