Solus Deus Haeredem Facit
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
God alone makes the heir. Co. Litt. 5. SOLUTIO (Lat. release).
In civil law. Payment. By this term is understood everjr species of discharge or liberation, which is called "satisfaction," and with which the a reference to the substance of the obligation than to the numeration or counting of the money. Dig. 50. 16. 176. SOLUTIO INDEBITl (Lat.)
In civil law. The case where one has paid a debt, or done an act or remitted a claim, because he thought that he was bound in law to do so, when he was not. In such cases of mistake there is an implied obligation (amsi ex contractu) to pay back the money, etc. Mackeld. Civ. Law, § 468. SOLUTIO PRETII EMPTIONIS LOCO habetur. The payment of the price stands in the plac^ of a sale. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 56. SOLUTIONE FEODI MILITIS PARLIAmenti, or Feed! burgensis parliament!. Old writs whereby knights of the shire and burgesses might have recovered their wages or allowance if it had been refused. 35 Hen. VIII. c. 11. SOLUTUS (Lat. from solvere, to loose). In the Civil Law. Loosed; freed from confinement; set at liberty. Dig. 50. 16. 48. -^In Scotch Practice. Purged. A term used in old depositions. See "Purged of Partial Counsel." SOLVABILITE (Fr.)
In French law. Ability to pay; solvency. Emerig. Tr. des Assur. c. 8, § 15.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916