Thomas Walker Dec 6, 2018:

@Robert Thanks, Robert - this time I didn't take it to the DRAE, which obviously I should have done.

Robert Carter Dec 6, 2018:

@Tom One meaning is "under". See the following DRAE entries:

so3
Del lat. sub.
1. prep. Bajo, debajo de. So capa de. So color de. So pena de. So pretexto.
http://dle.rae.es/?id=Y38uhep|Y3A0deQ|Y3Da92X|Y3F7kCf

so pena de
1. loc. prepos. Con la seguridad de exponerse, en caso contrario, a. Debes ir temprano, so pena de quedarte sin entrada.
2. loc. prepos. Bajo la pena o castigo adecuado. Frase conminatoria, hoy anticuada.
http://dle.rae.es/?id=SQbVLbD|SQczESN|SRAH656|STCW1ZC

Thomas Walker Dec 6, 2018:

So? What is puzzling to me here is the Spanish word "so" in the ST. The only things I find for this particle in Spanish are as a kind of slang exclamation or interjection, which doesn't seem to be what it's doing here.
Am I missing something?

Robert Carter Dec 6, 2018:

Ok, thanks, I'll submit an attempt.

Ryan Bowie (asker) Dec 6, 2018:

It's an order resulting from a motion

Robert Carter Dec 6, 2018:

What is it, a petition, a motion...?

Ryan Bowie (asker) Dec 6, 2018:

that Mrs. acevedo clarify within 10 days, under penalty of withdrawal?

Ryan Bowie (asker) Dec 6, 2018:

el tribunal dispone:
aclare la sra. acevedo en 10 dias, so pena de darle por desistida

Robert Carter Dec 6, 2018:

Can you give us a complete sentence, Ryan?