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idem sonans Law.|ˈaɪdɛm ˈsəʊnænz|
[L., lit. = sounding the same.]
Identity of sound in pronunciation; the occurrence in a document of a material word or name misspelt but having the sound of the word or name intended. Also adj., homophonous with.
1848Wharton Law Lexicon 304/2 The courts will not interfere in setting aside proceedings on account of the misspelling of names, provided..there is an idem sonans between the pronunciation of the right name and that which is inserted in the proceedings; as Lawrance, instead of Lawrence, Reynell for Reynolds, Beniditto for Benedetto. 1856Newsp. & Gen. Reader's Compan. ii. §1749 The verb was unluckily idem sonans with another word. 1919H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. viii. 273 In America, with a language of peculiar vowel sounds and even consonant⁓sounds struggling against a foreign invasion unmatched for strength or variety..the legal rule of idem sonans is of much wider utility than anywhere else in the world. |