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Category: N

NATIONAL EMERGENCY

the term that is sued to describe a crisis that involves the security and safety of the country.

NONISSUABLE PLEA

the term that is given to the defence that raises no issue of the facts in the case.

NARCOTICS ADDICT

the name that is given to a person who is dependent on a narcotic drug and will suffer withdrawals if he stops taking the drug.

NOTICE PUBLIC

a notice to whom it may concern that is given to the general public.

NON EST

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

NONDISCRETIONARY TRUST

the term given to a fixed investment trust that can only buy securities listed when the trust was organised.

NOTICE IN PAIS

the term that is given to the notice in a record that is not in writing.

NO-FAULT DIVORCE

the term given to a divorce that does not need to find out if any misconduct has occurred.

NOTICE AVERMENT OF

the term that is a statement in a pleading recognising that notice has been given.

NOTICE CONSTRUCTIVE

a term that applies to the inferred or the implied notice that can’t be contradicted legally.

NOTICE PERSONAL

The name given to a notice that is given personally, either in writing or spoken directly to the person involved in the legal matter.

NAVAL LAW

the term used for the regulations and the rules that govern the people who are in the navy.

NON OBSTANTE VEREDICTO

a Latin phrase for the situation where a jury decides the case in favour of one party but the judge reverses the jury’s decision.

NARCOTIC DRUG ACT

the name of a federal act that makes it unlawful to buy, dispense and sell some narcotic drugs without a federal license.

NONOCCUPATIONAL

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

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