NATIONS, LAW OF
_ NATIONS, LAW OF.. See INTERNATION- AL Law.
Terms beginning with "N" (315 total)
NATIVUS
Lat. In old English law, a native; specifically, one born into a condition of servitude; a born serf or villein. —Nativa. A niefe or female villein. So called because for the most part bond by nativity.
NATURAL LAW >
position to the term “legal;” and then it means proceeding from or determined - by physfcal causes or conditions, as distinguished from positive enactments of law, or attributable to the nature of man rather than to ...
NATURALE EST QUIDLIBET
laws” because a knowledge of them may be attained merely by the light of reason, from the fact of their essential agreeableness with the constitution of human nature; while, on the contrary, positive or revealed laws a...
NATUS
Lat. SBorn, as distinguished from nasciturus, about to be born. Ante natus, one born before a particular person or event, e. g., before the death of his father, before a political revolution, etc. Post natus, one born af...
NAUCLERUS
Lat. In the civil law. The master or owner of a merchant vessel. Calvin.
NAUTA
Lat. In-the civil and maritime law. <A sailor; one: who works a ship. Calvin.
NAUTICUM FCNUS
Lat. In the civil law. Nautical or maritime interest; an extraordinary rate of interest agreed to be paid for the loan of money on the hazard of a voyage; corresponding to interest on contracts of bottomry or respondenti...
NAVAL
sel, or shatter it, in such a manner that nothing remains of it but the wreck; this is called ‘making shipwreck,’ (faire naufrage.). The vessel may also strike or run aground upon a bank, where it remains grounded, w...
NAVAROHUS
master or commander of a ship; the captain of a man-of-war.
NAVIRE
Fr. In French law. A ship.
NAVIS
Lat. A ship; a vessel.
NAVY
cluded, though navigable in fact, thus making the character of being a navigable stream dependent on the occurrence of the necessity of public use. Capability of being used for useful purposes of navigation, of trade and...
Nax, 13 Grat
(Va.) 790; Silison v. ’ Brigham 38 Vt. 66; Banta v. Orne 172 Til. 204, 50
Nay. Co
v. Moore, 2 Whart. (Pa.) 477.
NCES: "
.An abbreviation for “District
Ne — 30 L. Ed
621; Hill v. Sturgeon, 28 0. 327. : ie
NE ADMITTAS
Lat. In. ecclesiastical law. The name of a prohibitory writ, directed to the bishop, at the request of the plaintiff or defendant, where a quare impedit is pending, when either party fears that the bishop will admit the ...
NE DISTUBRBA PAS
did not disturb.) In English practice. The general issue or general plea in quare tmnpedit. 8 Steph. Comm. 663.
NE EXEAT REGNO
Lat. In English practice. A writ which issues to restrain a person from leaving the kingdom. It was formerly used for political purposes, but is now only resorted to in equity when the defendant is about to leave the kin...
NE EXEAT REPUBLICA
Lat. In American practice. A writ similar to that of ne exeat regno, (q..v..) available to the plaintiff in a civil suit, under some circumstances, when the defendant is about to leave the state. See Dean v. Smith, 23 Wi...
NE GIST PAS EN BOUCHE
L. Fr. It does not lie in the mouth. A common phrase in the old books. Yearb. M. 3 Edw.
NE LUMINIBUS OFFICIATUR
Lat. In the civil law. The name of a servitude which restrains the owner of a house from making such erections as obstruct the light of the adjoining house. Dig. 8, 4, 15, 17.
NE REOCIPIATUR
Lat. That it be not received. A caveat or warning given to a law officer, by a party in a cause, not to receive the next proceedings of his opponent. 1 Sell. Pr. 8.
NE UNQUES ACCOUPLE
L. Fr. Never married. More fully, ne unques accouple en lotall matrimonie, never joined in lawful l marriage. The name of a plea in the action of dower unde nihil habet, by which the tenant denied that the dowress was ev...
NE UNQUES EXECUTOR. UL
Fr. Never executor. The name of a plea by which the defendant denies that he is an executor, as he is alleged to be; or that the plaintiff is an executor, as he claims to be.
NE UNQUES SON RECEIVER
L. Fr. In pleading. The name of a plea in an action of account-render, by which the defendant denies that he ever was receiver of the plaintiff. 12 Vin. Abr. 183.
NE VARIETUR
manding a lord not to demand from the tenant more services than were justly due by the tenure under which his ancestors held. Lat. It must not be altered. A phrase sometimes written by a notary upon a bill or note, for ...
Neah’s Estate
73 Cal. 590, 15 Pac. 290. 2
NEAP TIDES
does not affect its negotiability. Fileckner v.
Neb
444. 135, 78 N. W. 384, 46 L. R. A. 244. 858, 6 N. W. 427; Attrill v. Patterson, 526, 62 N. W.. 859. 807, 80 N. W. 295.—Natural equity. A term sometimes employed in works on jurisprudence, possessing no very precis...
NECESSARIUS
Lat. Necessary; unavoidable; indispensable; not admitting of
NECESSITAS
Lat. Necessity; a force, power, or influence which compels one to act against his will. Calvin.
NECESSITAS EST LEX
this term is not used in.its strictest sense, nor limited to. that which is required to sustain life. Those things which are proper and suitable to each individual, according to his circumstances and condition in life, a...
NECESSITUDO
Lat. In the civil law. An obligation; a close connection; relationsbip by blood. Cavin.
NECROPHILISM. See INSANITY
NEOROPSY. An autopsy, or poss-mor-. tem examination of a human body. .
Neeley, 36 W. Va
84, 14 8. E. 436, 15 L. BR.
NEFAS
Lat. That which is against, right or the divine law. A wicked or impious thing or act. Calvin.
NEFASTUS
Lat. Inauspicious. Applied, in the Roman law, to a day on which it was unlawful to open the courts or administer justice. ,
NEGATIVE
ed by the act of God or a stranger. See Jacob; Mozley & Whitley. it. Brown.—Negative condition. One by which it is stipulated that a given thing shall not happen.—Negative pregnant. In pleading. negative implying al...
NEGLIGENCE
It is conceded by all the authorities that the standard by which to determine whether a person has been guilty of negligence is the conduct of the prudent or careful or diligent man. Bigelow, Torts, 261. dinary prudence...
NEGLIGENTIA
Lat. In the civil law. Carelessness; inattention; the omission of proper care or forethought. The term is not
NEGOTIABLE
and foresight are accustomed to use. Briggs v. "Ea, 8 141 U, S. 132, 11 Sup. Ct. 35 Ed French vy. Buffalo, etc., R. 408; Litchfield v. White, 7 N, amount of money expressed upon its face, with the right to sue therefor ...
Nelms, 65 Ga
505, 38 Am. Rep. 793.
Nelson, 106 Ala
535. 18 South. 154; Cole v. Ballard, 78 Va. 147; Selbag v. Abitbol, 4 Maule & S. 462.
NEMINE CONTRADICENTE
Lat. No one dissenting; no one voting in the negative. A phrase used to indicate the unanimous consent of a court or legislative body to a judgment, resolution, vote, or motion.
NEMO
Lat. Noone; no man. The initial word of many Latin phrases and maxims, among which are the following:
NEMO ALLEGANS
NEGRO. The word. “negro” means A& black man, one descended from the African race, and does not commonly include a mulatto. Felix v. State, 18 Ala. 720. But the laws of the different states are not uniform in this res...
NEMO BIS PUNITUR
properly rejected this as a rule of evidence. 7 Term R. 601.
Nemo bis punitur pro eodem
delicto. No man is punished twice for the same offense. 4 Bl. Comm. 315; 2 Hawk. P. C. 377%.