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Sole

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881)

Definitions from Case Law

From 506 U.S. 224 - Nixon v. United States · 1993Most cited · 573 citing opinions

having no companion," "solitary," "being the only one," and "functioning .

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Alone, single; used in contradistinction to "joint" or "married." A sole tenant, therefore, is one who holds lands a sole corporation is one composed of only one natural person.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Only; exclusive.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Alone, single; used in contradistinction to joint or married. A sole tenant, therefore, is one who holds lands in his own right, without being joined with any other. A feme sole is a single woman; a sole corporation is one composed of only one natural person. See Corporation.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Single; individual; separate; the opposite of joint; as' a sole tenant. Comprising only one person; the opposite of aggregate; as a sole corporation. Unmarried; as a feme sole. See the nouns.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Single; alone; composed of a single person, v. Corporation sole; Feme sole.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Alone; single; separate: individual; opposed to joint and married: as, a sole — administrator, executor, corporation, tenant, use, a feme-sole, qq. v. In a will, " sole " has no fixed technical meaning which requires that a person who contests that meaning must show, by implication, that it is not used in a strict technical sense. In a marriage settlement, it may have a particular and exclusive nxeaning.' In a will, was held to mean " absolute," rather than "separate," — the phrase being "sole and separate use." ' See Separate, 2. SOLEMN". Made in due form; conforming to the requirements of law; formal: as, a solemn — admission, instrument, qq. v. See also Oath, Corporal; Seal, 1. Solemnize. To be present at a marriage ceremony, that it may have due publication 1 Bishop, Cr. L. § 1029. » Ausman v. Veal, 10 Ind. 356 (1868). " 4 Bl. Com. 215. « [Henry v. BaU, 1 Wheat. 5 (1816), Marshall, C. J. » See Malloy v. Bennett, 15 F. R. 373 (1883); 22 Conn. 398; 132 Mass. 394; 15 N. T. 415; 10 E. L. & E. 437; 2 Greenl. Ev. § 267. « See 74 N. C. 593; 3 Wend. 112; 1 Smith, 54; 5 Wall. 720. before third persons, for -the sake of notoriety and the certainty of its being made.i SOIiICIT.2 To importune, entreat, implore, ask, attempt, try to obtain. So held under an indictment for soliciting, by newspaper publication, persons to commit murder.^ A solicitation to commit a crime is a misdemeanor.* See Chastity. Compare Attempt. Solicitor. A practitioner in courts of equity. 5 Solicitor-general. A law-officer next in rank to the attorney-general. In some States, the chief law-officer of the government; corx'esponding to the attorneygeneral in other States. See further Attorney. SOIiIDUM. See Consolidate; In Solido.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

V. Corporation, Feme.