slovo | definícia |
solicitation (encz) | solicitation,akvizice n: Zdeněk Brož |
solicitation (encz) | solicitation,vyžádání n: Jaroslav Šedivý |
Solicitation (gcide) | Solicitation \So*lic`i*ta"tion\, n. [F. sollicitation, or L.
sollicitatio.]
1. The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking;
importunity.
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2. Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the
senses. --Locke.
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solicitation (wn) | solicitation
n 1: an entreaty addressed to someone of superior status; "a
solicitation to the king for relief"
2: request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for
starving children" [syn: solicitation, appeal,
collection, ingathering]
3: the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an
offer of sex in return for money) [syn: solicitation,
allurement] |
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Solicitation (gcide) | Solicitation \So*lic`i*ta"tion\, n. [F. sollicitation, or L.
sollicitatio.]
1. The act of soliciting; earnest request; persistent asking;
importunity.
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2. Excitement; invitation; as, the solicitation of the
senses. --Locke.
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SOLICITATION OF CHASTIT (bouvier) | SOLICITATION OF CHASTITY. The asking a person to commit adultery or
fornication.
2. This of itself, is not an indictable offence. Salk. 382; 2 Chit. Pr.
478. The contrary doctrine, however, has been held in Connecticut. 7 Conn.
Rep. 267.
3. In England, the bare solicitation of chastity is punished in the
ecclesiastical courts. 2 Chit. Pr. 478. Vide Str. 1100; 10 Mod. 384; Sayer,
33; 1 Hawk. ch. 74; 2 Ld. Raym. 809.
4. The civil law punished arbitrarily the person who solicited the
chastity of another. Dig. 47, 11, 1. Vide To persuade; 3 Phillim. R. 508.
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