Category: N

Lat. A naked pact; a bare agreement; a promise or undertaking made without any consideration for it Justice v. Lang. 42 N. Y. 493, 1 Am. Rep. 576; Wardell v. Williams, 62

An acre of land. Spelman.

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

Lat. In the civil law. Literally, a doing of business or businesses. A species of spontaneous agency, or an interference by one in the affairs of another, in his absence, from benevolence

In Scotch law. A grandson. Skene.

A vile, base person, or sluggard; chicken- hearted. Spelman.

By night. An abolished writ which issued out of chancery, and re- turned to the queen’s bench, for the prostration of inclosures, etc.

holds only In the name or for the benefit of another, whose name he discloses by the plea, in order that the plaintiff may bring his action against such other. See Mackeld.

A failure of appearance ; the omission of the defendant to appear within the time limited.

Neglect, failure, or refusal to deliver goods, on the part of a carrier, vendor, bailee, etc.

Want of ability to do an act in law, as to sue. A plea founded upon such cause. Cowell.

The neglect, failure, or refusal of payment of a debt or evidence of debt when due.

Lat. He did not hold. This is the name of a plea in bar in replevin, by which tlie plaintiff alleges that he did not hold in manner and form as averred,

The tongue in which several formal proceedings of state in England are still carried on. The language, having remained the same since the date of the Conquest, at which it was introduced

by direct information, either written or oral, from those who are cognizant of the fact communicated. Baltimore v. Whittington, 78 Md. 23 1. 27 Atl. 9S4. Implied notice is one of the

Know all men by these presents. Formal words used at the commencement of deeds of release in the Latin forms.