Society
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In its abstract sense (used with no article prefixed), the public at large; the people; the body politic. In a concrete sense, a voluntary unincorporated associa,tion of persons for a common purpose. SOCII ME! SOCIUS, MEUS SOCIUS non est. The partner of my partner Is not my partner.
Dig. 50. 17. 47. 1.