Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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IN SOLIDUM, phr. Sc. Law: for the whole amount (Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 43). Lat.Sc. 1773 Erskine Institutes iii. i. § 29:
Not only masters of ships are included under it, but their . . . employers, whether they be themselves the owners, or have freighted the ship from the owner, not indeed in solidum, but each for the share or interest he hath in the ship.
