NON TENUIT
Lat. He did not hold This is the name of a plea in bar in re plevin, by which the plaintiff alleges that he did not hold in manner and form as averred, being given in answer to an avowry for rent in arrear. See Rosc. Rea...
Terms beginning with "N" (315 total)
NON USURPAVIT
Lat. He has not usurped. A form of traverse, in an action or proceeding against one alleged to have usurped an office or franchise, denying the usurpation charged. See Com. v. Cross Cut
NON VALENTIA AGERE
a maternal or paternal inheritance; but, if he had offspring before the felony, such offspring may succeed as to the inheritance of the father or mother by whom the felony was not committed. sue. 5 Bell, App. Cas. 172.
NON VULT CONTENDERE
Lat. He (the defendant in a criminal case) will not contest it. A plea legally equivalent to that of guilty, being a variation of the form “nolo
NON-APPARENT EASEMENT. A non
continuous or discontinuous easement. Fetters v. Humphreys, 18 N. J. Eq. 262. See
NON-ASSESSA BLE
Ceesar, Pompey, ‘and Sylla among the Romans. Calvin.
NON-BAILABLE
bail; not requiring bail.
NON-CONTINUOUS EASEMENT. A
non-apparent or discontinuous easement.
NON-INTERCOURSE
1. The refusal of one state or nation to have commercial dealings with another; similar to an embargo, (g. ¥v.)
NON-JOINDER. See JOINDER
NON JURIDICUS. Not judicial; not legal. Dtes non juridicus is a day on which legal proceedings cannot be had.
NON-RESIDENOE
Non potest rex gratiam facere cum injuria et damno aliorum. The king cannot confer a favor on one subject which occasions injury and loss to others. 3 Inst. 236: Broom, Max. 68.
NON-RESIDENT 828
WON-RESIDENT. One who is not a dweller within some jurisdiction in question ; not an inhabitant of the state of the forum.
NON-RESIDENTIO PRO COLERICO
REGIS. A writ, addressed to a bishop, charging him not to molest a clerk employed in the royal service, by reason of his nonresidence; in which case he is to be discharged. Reg. Orig. 58.
NON-SUMMONS, WAGER OF LAW
OF. The mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time.
NONSUIT
contendere,” (q. v.,) and sometimes abbreviated “non vult.” his case is put out of court by some adverse ruling which precludes a recovery. Boyce v.
NOOCUMENTUM
Lat. In old English law. <A nuisance. Nocumentum damnosum, a nuisance occasioning loss or damage. Nocumenitum infurioswm, an injurious nuil-
Norris v. Grove, 100 Mich
2456. 58 N. W. 1006;
Northern Pac. R. Co
v. Carland, 5 Mont. 146, 8 Pac. 184: Missouri v. Lewis. 101 U. S. 25, 25 T.. Ed. 989; Cotting v. Godard. 183 U. S. 79, 22 Sup. Ct. 30, 46 lL. Ed. 92: State Board of Assessors v. Central R. Co.. 48 N. J. Law, 146. 4 Atl. ...
NOT GUILTY BY STATUTE. In Eng
lish practice. A plea of the general issue by a defendant in a civil ‘action, when he intends to give special matter in evidence by virtue of some act or acts of parliament, in which case he must add the reference to s...
NOTA
Lat. In the civil law. A mark or brand put upon a person by the law. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 135.
NOTARIUS
the same effect as the indorsement “Not a true bill” or “Jgnoramus.” Lat. In Roman law. A draughtsman; an amanuensis; a short-hand writer; one who took notes of the proceedings in the senate or a court, or of wh...
NOTHUS
Lat. In Roman law. A nat- l ural child ar a person,of spurious birth.
NOTICE
derstood an informal minute or memorandum made on the spot. See Clason vy. Bailey, 14 by direct information, either written or oral, from those who are cognizant of the fact_communicated. Baltimore v. Whittington, 78 Md...
NOTIO
the judge certifies that the refusal to admit was reasonable. No costs of proving a document will in general be allowed, unless such a notice is given. Rules of Court, xxxii. 2; Sweet.—Mow tice to plead. This is a noti...
NOTITIA
Lat. Knowledge; tnformation; intelligence; notice.
NOTITIA , 833
fact; the power or authority of 2° judez; the power of hearing causes and of pronouncing sentence, without any degree of jurisdiction. Calvin-
Nov. Se
L. BR. Nova Scotia Law Reports.
NOVELLZ LEONIS
of Edward III. It consists principally of declarations, as the titie imports; but there are sometimes pleas and subsequent pleadings. The Articuli ad Novas Narrationes is usually subjoined to this little book, and-is a s...
NOVELLZE, (or NOVELLZE CONSTI
TUTIONES.) New constitutions; generally translated in English, “Novels.” The Latin name of those constitutions which were issued by Justinian after the publication of his Code; most of them being originally written i...
NOVERCA
Lat. In the civil law. A step-mother.
NOVERINT UNIVERSI PER PRZ
SENTES. Know all men by these presents. Formal words used at the commencement of deeds of release in the Latin forms.
NOVI OPERIS NUNCIATIO
Lat. Denunciation of, or protest against, a new work. This was a species of remedy in the civil law, available to a person who thought his rights or his property were threatened with injury by the act of his neighber in ...
NOVISSIMA RECOPILAOION
(Latest Compilation.) The title of a collection of Spanish law compiled by order of Don Carlos
NOVITER PERVENTA, or NOVITER
AD NOTITIAM PERVENTA. In ecclesiastical procedure. Facts “newly come” to the knowledge of a party to a cause. Leave to plead facts noviter perventa is generally given, in a proper case, even after the pleadings are c...
NOVODAMUS. In old Scotch law
(We give anew.) The name given to a charter, or clause in a charter, granting a renewal of a right. Bell. °
NOVUS HOMO
Lat. A new man. This term is applied to a man who has been pardoned of a crime, and so made, as it were, a “new man.”
NOXA
Lat. In the civil law. This term denoted any damage or injury done to persons or property by an unlawful act committed by a man’s slave or animal. An action for damages lay against the master er owner, who, however, mi...
NOXALIS AOTIO
Lat. In the civil law. An action which lay against the master of a slave, for some offense (as theft or robbery) committed .or damage or injury done by the slave, which was called “nora.” Usually translated “noxal ...
NOXIA
Lat. In the civil law. An offense committed or damage done by 2 slave. Inst. 4, 8, 1.
Noy, Max
5, max. 12; Finch, Law, b. 1, ch. 3. When the foundation fails, all goes to the ground; as, where the cause of action fails, the action itself must of necessity fail.
NUBILIS
Lat. In the civil law. Marriageable; one who is of a proper age to be married.
NUDA PACTIO OBLIGATIONEM §35
or services imposed by lords upon their inferior tenants. Paroch. Antigq. 495.
NUDA POSSESSIO
Lat. Bare or mere poesession.
NUDUM PAOTUM
Lat. <A naked pact; a bare agreement; a promise or undertaking made without any consideration for it. Justice v. Lang,.42 N. Y. 493, 1 Am.
NUEVA RECOPILACION
(New Compilation.) The title of a code of Spanish law, promulgated in the year 1567. Schm.
Nugent v. Smith, 1 C. P. Div
437. Ir the civil law, this term ic sometimes used as sy.vnymous with “vis divine,” or the act of God. vin. —Vis pertubativa. In old English law. Force used between parties contending for a ssession.— Vis proxima...
NUISANCE
indecent, or unlawful personal conduct, working an obstruction of or injury to the right of another or of the public, and producing such material annoyance, inconvenience, discomfort, or hurt that the law will presume & ...
NULLITY
own property. Dig. 8, 2, 26; 2 Bouv. Inst. no. 1600: Grant v. Chase, 17 Mass. 443, 9
NULLIUS FILIUS
Lat. The son of nobody; a bastard.
NULLIUS IN BONIS
Lat. Among the property of no person.