Glossary : dum sola
Definition 1
While single or unmarried. This phrase is applied to single
women, to denote that something has been done, or may be done, while the
woman is or was unmarried. Example, when a judgment is rendered against a
woman dum sola, and afterwards she marries, the scire facias to revive, the
judgment must be against both hushand and wife.
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