Terms beginning with "N" (315 total)

N. BE

498. - 781, 15 L. R. A. 68; Ball v. Chadwick, 46 Ill. 31; Cutts v. Com., 2 Mass. 289; Jackson v. Parker, 9 Cow. (N. Y.) 81. An estate in lands, tenements, and hereditaments signifies such interest as the tenant has ther...

N. C. 472, 24 S. EB

114. Oonsent fudgment. One entered upon the consent of the parfties, and in pursuance of their agreement as to what the terms of the judgment shall be. Henry v. Hilliard, 120 N. C. 478, 27 S.

N. E. 1062, 9 L. R. A. 170

CANDLEMAS-DAY. In English law. A festival appointed by the church to be observed on the second day of February in every year, in honor of the purification of the Virgin Mary, being forty days after her miraculous deliver...

N. E. 1096

18 L. R. A. 708; Rohr v. Gray, 80 Md. 274, 30 Atl. 632.—Public property. This term is commonly used as a designation of those things which are publict jurie, (q. v.,) and therefore considered as being owned by “the p...

N. E. 123, 6 Am. St. Rep

384.—Privileged communication. In the law of evidence. A communication made to a counsel, solicitor, or attorney, in professional confidence, and which he is not permitted to divulge; otherwise called a “confidential...

N. EB

115; In re Jones, 28 Misc. Rep. 356, 5o N. Y. Supp. 983; Attorney General v. 118, 56 L. BR. A. 855. sat pote EB Ti ‘officer, A member of the legislative body or dertment of a state or municipal corporation. Bee Prosec...

N. H. 25, 22 Am. Rep

408; Bunting v. Speek, 41 Kan. 424, 21 Pac. 28383, 3 L. R. A. 690.— Vested legacy. A legacy is said to be vested when the words of the testator making the bequest convey a transmissible interest, whether present or fut...

N. H. 535, 49 Am. Rep

334. —Benevolent associations. Those having a philanthropic or charitable purpose, as distinguished from such as are conducted for profit; specifically, “benefit associations” or “beneficial associations.” See ...

N. J. Bg

649; Pielke v. Railroad Co., 5 Dak. 444, 41 N. W. 669 ages” and “con onymous nor to remote damage is consequential, but it is by no means true that all consequential damage is remote. Eaton vy. Railroad Co., 51 N. H....

N. J. Eq

425, 54 Atl. 548. 485; Ex parte Crafts, 28 S. C. 281, 6 S. E. 718; In re Miller’s Estate, 166 Pa. 97, 81 Atl. 58. 150, 57 Atl. 505, 44. Credits given by two persons mutually; 4. c.. each giving credit to the other. ...

N. J. Law, 10, 46 Atl

585. —Lloyd’s bonds. The name of a class of evidences of debt, used in England; being acknowledgments, by a borrowing company made under its seal, of a debt incurred and actually due by the company to a contractor or...

N. J. Law, 733, 42 Atl

588, 72 Am. St. Rep. 666. They may also be either of necessity or of convenience. The former is the case where the easement is indispensable to the enjoyment of the dominant estate; the latter, where the easement increas...

N. R. Co

v. Tennessee R. R. Com’n (C. C.) 19 Fed. 701.—Foreign commerce. Commerce or trade between the United States and foreign countries. Com. v. Housatonic R. Co., 148

N. W. 57, 38 Am. Rep

167.—Ship’s papers. The papers which must: be carried by a vessel on a voyage, in order to furnish evidence of her national character. the nature and destination of the cargo, and of compliance with the navigation la...