Category: N

Neeessitas excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus, quod non operatur idem in civilibus. Necessity excuses or extenuates a delinquency in capital cases, which has not the same operation In civil cases. Bac.

In old English law. A woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman.

In medical Jurisprudence. A condition of weakness or exhaustion of the general nervous system, giving rise to various forms of mental and bodily inefficiency.

ful. Co. Litt. G6o, 976. A maxim very frequently quoted by Lord Coke, but to be taken in modern law with some qualification. Broom, Max. ISO, 366. Nihil simul inventum est et

I>at. Whether willing or unwilling; consenting or not.

In the name of a penalty. In the civil law, a legacy was said to be left nomine poena where it was left for the purpose of coercing the heir to do

Not admitting of bail; not requiring bail.

Omission on the part of a judge to properly instruct the jury upon a necessary conclusion of law.

Those upon which a decision would not determine the action upon the merits, as a plea in abatement. 1 Chit. Archb. Pr. (12th Ed.) 249.

A writ formerly granted for freeing and discharging persons from serving on assizes and juries. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 165. Non possessorl incumbit neeessitas probandi possessiones ad se pertinere. A person in possession

The vacation between term and term, formerly called the time or days of the king’s peace.

Longevity and annuity tables compiled from bills of mortality kept in All Saints parish, England, in 1735-17S0. Noscitur a sociis. It is known from its associates. 1 Vent. 225. The meaning of

As soon as a notary has made presentment and demand of a bill of ex- change, or at some seasonable hour of the same day, he makes a minute on the bill,

In Saxon law. A pecuniary satisfaction for an Injury, amounting to nine times the value of the thing for which It was paid. Spelman.

Anything that unlawfully worketh hurt, inconvenience, or damage. 3 Bl. Comm. 216. That class of wrongs that arise from the unreasonable, unwarrantable, or unlawful use by a person of his own property,

In international law. A, messenger; a minister; the pope’s legate, commonly called a “nuncio.”

An abbreviation for “nota bene,” mark well, observe; also “nulla bona,” no goods.

A common abbreviation of “nar- ratio,” (q. v.) A declaration in an action. Jacob.

The name of an ancient collection of original writs, accompanied with brief commeuts and explanations, compiled iu the time of Edward 111. This is commonly called “Old Natura Breviuin,” (or “O. N.

supersede the master of the ship with reference to -which the inquiry is held, to discharge any of the seamen, to decide questions as to wages, send home offenders for trial, or