Sowne
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A corruption of the French sou - Venn, remembered. Estreats that are sowne are such as the sheriff may gather. Cowell. See Estreats. SPADONES (Eat.). 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.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old English law. To be leviable, — a term applied to sheriffs' returns.