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NEATNESS

In pleading. The statement in apt and appropriate words of all the necessary facts, and no more. Lavves, Pi. 62. Nec curia deficexet in justitia exlii- beuda. Nor should the court be

NEGOTIATE

To discuss or arrange a sale or bargain; to arrange the preliminaries of a business transaction. Also to sell or discount negotiable paper, or assign or transfer it by indorsement and delivery.

NICHILLS

In English practice. Debts due to the exchequer which the sheriff could BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

NOBILITY

In English law. A division of the people, comprehending dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons. These had anciently duties annexed to their respective honors. They are created either by writ, i. c.,

NON-AGE

Lack of requisite legal age. The condition of a person who is under twen- ty-one years of age, in some cases, and under fourteen or twelve in others; minority. Non alio modo

NON DECIMANDO

See DE NON DE- CIMANDO. Non decipitur qui scit se decipi. 5 Coke, 00. He is not deceived who knows himself to be deceived.

NON-INTERVENTION WILL

A term sometimes applied to a will which authorizes the executor to settle and distribute the estate without the intervention of the court and without giving bond. In re Macdonald’s Estate, 29

NON OMITTAS

A clause usually inserted in writs of execution, in England, directing the sheriff “not to omit” to execute NON OMNE DAMNUM 827

NON SUM INFORMATUS

Lat. I am not informed; I have not been instructed. The name of a species of judgment by default, which is entered when the defendant’s attorney announces that lie is uot informed

NOTARIUS

his case is put out of court by some adverse ruling which precludes a recovery. I’.oyce v. Snow. 1ST 111. 181, 58 N. E. 403; Deele.v v. Ileintz. 169 N. Y. 120,

NOTARY PUBLIC

A public officer whose function is to attest and certify, by his hand and official seal, certain classes of documents, in order to give them credit and authenticity in foreign jurisdictions; to

NUCES COLLIGERE

the year 887 till the year 893, are so called. These Novels changed many rules of the Justinian law. This collection contains 113 Novels, written originally In Greek, and after- wards, in

NUDA POSSESSIO

Lat. Bare or mere possession. Nnda ratio et nnda pactio non ligant aliqnem debitorem. Naked reason and naked promise do not bind any debtor. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 60,

NUMERATA PECUNIA

Lat. In the civil law. Money told or counted; money paid by tale. Inst 3, 24, 2; Bract, fol. 35.

NYCTHEMERON

The whole natural day, or day and night, consisting of twenty- four hours. Enc. Lond. O. 0. 840 OATH o O. O. An abbreviation, In tbe civil law, for “ope consilio,” (q.

NAMATIO

L. Lat. In old English and Scotch law. A distraining or taking of a distress ; an impounding. Spelman.

NATIONALITY

That quality or character which arises from the fact of a person’s belonging to a nation or state. Nationality determines the political status of the individual, especially with reference to allegiance; while

NAUGHT

In old practice. Bad; defective. “The bar is naught.” 1 Leon. 77. “The avowry is naught” 5 Mod. 73. “The plea is undoubtedly naught.” 10 Mod. 329. See 11 Mod. 179.

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