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Omission; failure to do something that one is bound to do; carelessness. The term is used in the law of bailment as synonymous with “negligence.” But the latter word is the closer

Nemo in propria causa testis esse debet. No one ought to be a witness in his own cause. 3 Bl. Comm. 371. Nemo inauditus condcmnari debet si non sit contumax. No man

empowered by them, in which the public acts, resolves, advertisements, and notices are required to be published. Albany County v. Chaplin, 5 Wyo. 74, 37 Pac. 370.

This phrase, when indorsed by ;i grand jury on an indictment, is equivalent to “not found,” “not a true bill,” or “ig- norumus.”

In English law. An account of the names of all the villages and the possessors thereof, in each county, drawn up by several sheriffs, (9 Edw. II.,) and returned by them into

In pleading. The name of a plea to an action of assumpsit brought against the drawee of a bill of exchange by which he denies that he accepted the same.

Lat. It does not appear ; It is not clear or evident. A phrase used in general to state some conclusion as not necessarily following although it may appear on its face

Lat. He did not impede. The plea of the general issue in quare impedit. The Latin form of the law French “ne disturba pas.”

An ancient writ addressed to justices of assize, to inquire whether the magistrates of a town sold victuals in gross or by retail during the time of their being in office, which

Lat It does not follow. Non solent quae abundant vitiare scripturas. Superfluities [things which abound] do not usually vitiate writings. Dig. 50, 17, 94. Non solum quid licet, sed quid est conveniens,

In the Roman calendar. The fifth and, in March. May, July, and October, the seventh day of the month. So called because, counting inclusively, they were nine days from the ides. Adams,

A return sometimes made by sheriffs or constables to a writ of execution; but it is not a technical formula, and is condemned by the courts as ambigu- ous and insufficient. See

The name of an imposition or duty. SeeANTIQUA CUSTUMA.

Lat. In the civil law. An offense committed or damage done by a slave. Inst. 4, 8, 1.

Lat. In old English law. Of no legal force. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 60,

Lat. A second marriage. In the canon law, this term included any marriage subsequent to the first.

A lineal measure of two inches and a quarter.

Born and to be born. All heirs, near and remote.

amages which “naturally” arise from a breach of contract are such as arise in the usual course of things, from the breach itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have

tary of the navy, and having in charge the defense of the country by sea, by means of ships of war and other naval appliances.