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Category: N

Non-Renewal

A decision by an insurer to stop providing insurance coverage on the date a policy is due to be renewed.

Non-Owners Policy

Insurance coverage that is offered to an individual who is not the owner of the insured vehicle.

NOTICE OF PENDENCY

used in real estate that indicates that a piece of property has a lien against it and a person needs to take care before taking title to it.

NONOCCUPATIONAL

a term used to describe an injury or illness that is not as a result of working.

NEGLIGENCE GROSS

a term that is used to describe the disregarding of your duties that will result in damage or injury to another person.

NONNEGOTIABLE

a term that is used to mean that a thing is not transferable.

NET ASSETS

term that describes a company’s worth after the debts and liabilities have been subtracted from its gross assets.

NEGLIGENCE COLLATERAL

a term given to the negligence that is attributed to an employee as a result of a negligent act or omission by the employee.

NO CONSIDERATION

there term given to the defendant’s response to the court that says the contract sued on is not valid.

NOMINAL CONSIDERATION

the term given to a token award given to a plaintiff by the court to show that the he was right but no money damage is required or justified.

NONPECUNIARY DAMAGES

the term that is applied to damages that can’t be calculated accurately in monetary terms.

NIHIL

a Latin phrase for nothing.

NON EST

a Latin phrase for the return of a sheriff’s writ or summons when the person cannot be found.

NEGLIGENCE CULPABLE

a term that is used to describe negligence that was on purpose or that which a reasonable person wouldn’t do.

NONTENURE

the term used in defence of real estate action where a defendant denies he is the tenant.

NEGOTIATIONS

the term that is applied to discussions that lead to the conclusion of an agreement or a transaction.

NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

the name of the notice that is given to property owners to appear in court to say why the property shouldn’t be forfeited.

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