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Solidus Legalis

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Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A coin equal to 13s. 4d. of the present standard. 4 Steph. i Comm. 119m Originally the "solidus" was a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire, but In medieval times the term was applied to several varieties of coins or as descriptive of a money of account, aud is supposed to be the root from which "shilling" is derived.