solicitation (sol is it ash on)

[Formerly also sol licit at i on; Children are surrounded with new things, which, by a constant solicitation of their senses, draw the mind constantly to them. Locke. The power of sustained attention grows with the ability to resist distractions and solicitations . J. Sully , Outlines of Psychol., p. 99. To use an old-fashioned expre ion of the first students of gravitation (an expre ion which has always seemed to me amusingly quaint), the solicitations of Jupiter's attractive force are as urgent on a swiftly rushing body as on one at rest. IMG:content-1506.png:[blocks in formation] I take bishops to be the worst solicitors in the world. Swift , Letter, Oct. 10, 1710. City solicitor, in some of the United States, an officer having charge of the legal busine of a municipality.- Crown solicitor. See crown. - Solicitor of the Trea- sury, an officer of the Treasury Department having charge of the prevention and punishment of all frauds, and the conduct of all suits involving the revenue of the United States, except those arising under the internal revenue laws of the United States, which are in charge of the So- licit or of Internal Revenue. solicitor-general (so-lis'i-tor-jen'e-ral), n.; pl. solicitors- general. 1. In England, an officer of the crown, next in rank to the attorney-general, with whom he is in fact a ociated in the man- agement of the legal busine of the crown and public offices. On him generally devolves the maintenance of the rights of the crown in reve- nue cases, patent causes, etc.-2. In Scotland, one of the crown counsel, next in dignity and importance to the lord advocate, to whom he gives his aid in protecting the interests of the crown, in conducting prosecutions, etc.-3. In the United States: (a) The second officer of the Department of Justice, who a ists the attorney- general, and in his absence performs his duties. (b) A chief law officer of some of the States, cor- responding to the attorney-general in others. W. C. Anderson , Law Dict. solicitorship (so-lis'i-tor-ship), n. [ lordship . [Rare.] Your good solicitorship , and rogue Welborn, Were brought into her presence. Mas singer, New Way to Pay Old Debts, ii. 3. swiftly rushing body as on solicitous (so-lis'i-tus), a. [= Sp. solicito = Pg. solicito It. sollecito, sollicito, (b) In criminal law: (1) The inciting of another to commit a crime. (2) The enticing of a man by a prostitute in a public place. (3) Endeavor to influence by bribery. The practice of judicial solicitation has even prevailed in le despotic countries. Brougham. (c) An earnest request; a seeking with some degree of zeal and earnestne to obtain something from another: as, the solicitation of a favor. He was generally poor, and often sent bold solicitations to everybody,.. asking for places, for money, and even for clothes. Ticknor, Span. Lit., I. 353. (dt) Advocacy. So as ye may be sure to have of him effectual concurrence and advise in the furtherance and sol licit at i on of your charges, whether the pope's holine amend, remain long sick, or (as God forbid) should fortune to die. petition, suit. Bp. Burnet, Hist. Ref., I. ii. 2. =Syn. (c) Entreaty, supplication, importunity, appeal, soliciter (so-lis'i-tèr), n. [ Ι.. thancke God that ye have occasyon govyn unto you to be a sollycyter and setter forth of such thyngs as do and shall conserve my said ende. Cardinal Wolsey, To S. Gardiner (Ellis's Hist. Letters, [1st ser., ciii.).