Sowne
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old English law
To he leviable. An old exchequer term applied to sheriff's returns. "Estreats that sowne not" were such as could not be collected.
4 Inst. 107; Cowell; Spelman.
SPADONES (Lat.) 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.", It is sometimes used in law; for example, the plaintiff may recover the place wasted, not only where the injury has been total, hut where trees growing sparsim in a close are cut.
Bac. Abr. "Waste" (M); Bro*nl, 240' Co. Litt. 54a; 4 Bouv. Inst, note 3690.