Terms beginning with "N" (315 total)

N. Y. 204, 21 N. E. 158

Tender, in pleading, is a plea by defendant that he has been always ready to pay the debt demanded, and before the commencement of the action tendered it to the plaintiff, and now brings it into court ready to be paid to...

N. Y. 407, 57 Am. Dee

470. -—Fee-farm rent. The rent reserved on granting a fee-farm. It might be one-fourth the value of the land, according to Cowell; one-third, accormne to other authors. Spelman; Termes de la Ley: 2 Bl. Comm. 48. Fee-fa...

N. Y. F . Dec

163. So, a latent defect in the title of a vendor of land .is one not discoverable by inspection made with ordinary care. Newell y. Turner, 9 Port. (Ala.) 422.—Latent equity. See Equity.

N. Y. Supp

164; Lang v. Ropke, 10 N. Y. 825; People v. Common Council of Bay City, 36 Mich. 189.—Penal servitude, in English criminal law, is a punishment which consists in keeping an offender in confinement, and compelling him ...

NAM

(Lat. For taking a man in withernam.) A writ to take a man who had carried away a bondman or bondwoman into another country beyond the reach of a writ of replevin.

NAMIUM. IL

Lat. In old English law. A taking; a distress. Spelman. Things, goods, or animals taken by way of distress. Simplex namium, a simple taking or pledge.

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NASCITURUS

Lat. That shall here after be born. A term used in marriage settlements to designate the future issue of the marriage, as distinguished from ‘“naitus,” a child already born.

Nat. Bank, 10 Wall

647, 19 L. Ed. 1008; In re Brown, 4 Fed. Cas. 3A3 ; People v. Compton, 123 Cal. 403, 56 Pac. 44. 645, 19 L. Ed. 1008; Hanly v. Watterson, 89 W. Va. 214, 19 8S. B. 536; rnard v. Seminary, 49 Mich. 444, 138 N. W. 11.—Es...

Nat. Brev

201. 221 D; 3 BI. Comm. 186. 221. 284; Termes de la Ley. 263, C. : 60. 249, G. 234, H. 80, B. Abolished by St. 3 & 4 9, B. Abolished by St. 83 & 4 89, O; 3 Bl. Comm. 139. 54, D. - 63. 7; Old Nat. Brev. 4. he...