Soil
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The superficies of the earth on which buildings are erected or may be erected. The soil is the principal, and the building, when erected, is the accessory.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The surface or surface-covering of the land, not including minerals beneath it or grass or plants growing upon it But in a wider (and more usual) sense, the term is equivalent to "land," and includes all that is below, upon or above the surface.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Soile, soyle, soylle, I fr.
In old English law. Land; ground; earth.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Land.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Used with reference to mineral rights, is equivalent to surface. Pretty v. Solly, 26 Beav 606. Soit fait comme il est desire. Let it be as it is desired. The form of giving the royal assent to private acts of parliament.