Category: N

The deliberation, discussion, or conference upon the terms of a proposed agreement; the act of settling or arranging the terms and conditions of a bar- gain, sale, or other business transaction. Also

Lat A granddaughter.

A short name; one niclccd or cut off for the sake of brevity, without conveying an idea of opprobrium, and frequently evincing the strongest affection or the most perfect familiarity. North Carolina

From Latin “nocere.” Guilty. “The nocent person.” 1 Vera. 429.

A mode of obtaining a panel of special jurors in England, from which to select the jury to try a particular action. The proceeding takes place before the under-sheriff or sec- ondary,

A non- continuous or discontinuous easement Fetters v. Humphreys, 18 N. J. Eq. 262. See EASEMENT.

Lat. In pleading. He did not grant The general issue iu forme- don.

Lat. Not. The common particle of negation.

the writ by reason of any liberty, because there are many liberties or districts in which the sheriff has no power to execute process unless he has special authority. 2 Steph. Comm.

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. Non temere credere est

In English law. Twelve acres and a half.

In English probate practice, notation is the act of making a memo- randum of some special circumstance on a probate or letters of administration. Thus, where a grant is made for the

The title given in English to the New Constitutions (Novcllw Constitu- tiones) of Justinian and his successors, now forming a part of the Corpus Juris Civilis. See NOVELL.

Naked. This word is applied metaphorically to a variety of subjects to indicate that they are lacking in some essential legal requisite.

he price of anything in money, as denariata is the price of a thing by computation of pence, and librata of pounds.

he designation of an individual person, or of a firm or corporation. In law a man cannot have more than one Christian name. Rex v. Newman, 1 Ld. Raytn. 062. As to

In Spanish and Mexican law. Nationalization. “The na- tionalization of property is an act which denotes that it has become that of the nation by some process of law, whereby private individuals

The freight of passengers in a ship. Johnson; Webster.

Lat. In American practice. A writ similar to that of ne exeat regno, (q. v..) available to the plaintiff in a civil suit, under some circum- stances, when the defendant is about

Things indispensable, or things proper and useful, for the sustenance of human life. This is a relative term, and its meaning will contract or expand according to the situation and social condition