What does and doesn't it mean to "solicit"?

Question

What would examples of what you could not do if you had signed a non solicitation clause. And, What could you still do if you had signed a non solicitation clause.

Answer 1

To solicit is to ask or request. The rest depends on the context.

A non-solicitation clause in a contract would prohibit asking or requesting someone else (not a party to the contract) for something. An example might be, if you leave your current company, not asking any employees to go with you.

As to what you can or cannot do, it all depends on the context, what the contract terms say, etc.

Answer 2

In the civil context, Coragryph explained what the term "solicit" means. If you agree not to solicit, you a court, in California anyway, will enforce the provision. If you don't solicit the former employer's employees or customer but they call you anyway, California law will not prohibit your hiring them. In the criminal context, solicit may mean approaching an undercover police decoy and offering money for sex. All I know about that topic, I have learned from the TV show, COPS, so don't go by me on that.

Answer 3

You couldn't go door to door asking people to buy stuff, but you could still have a garage sell