Category: N

An abbreviation for “notary public,” (Rowley v. Berrlan, 12 111. 200;) also for “nisi prius,” (q. v.)

A countor; a pleader who draws nans. &crvicns narrator, a serjeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37.

laws” because a knowledge of them may be attained merely by the light of reason, from the fact of their essential agreeableness with the constitution of human nature; while, on the contrary,

Capable of being navigated; that may be navigated or passed over in ships or vessels. But the term is generally understood in a more restricted sense, viz., subject to the ebb and

L. Fr. (Never seised of a dowable estate.) In pleading. The general Issue in the action of dower unde nil habet, by which the tenant denies that the demandant’s husband was ever

An autopsy, or post-mortem examination of a human body.

Lat. No one dissenting; no one voting in the negative. A phrase used to indicate the unanimous consent of a court or legislative body to a judgment, resolution, vote, or motion. Commonly

222; Veazie v. Marrett, 6 Allen (Mass.) 372.

Lat. Unless. The word is often affixed, as a kind of elliptical expression, to the words “rule,” “order,” “decree,” “judgment.” or “confirmation,” to indicate that the adjudication spoken of is one which

admission elsewhere. Com. v. Tilton. S Mete. (Mass.) 232. Not available as an estoppel in a civil action. Com. v. Ilorton, 9 Pick. (Mass.) 20G.

A treatise or description of laws.

A non-commissioned officer of the army or militia is a subordinate officer who holds his rank, not by commission from the executive authority of the state or nation, but by appointment by

Lat. He did not make it. A plea in an action of assumpsit on a promis- sory note. 3 Man. & G. 446.

Not subject to be levied upon. Non-leviable assets are assets upon which an execution cannot be levied. Farmers’ F. Ins. Co. v. Conrad, 102 Wis. 387, 78 N. W. 582. Non licet

A writ, addressed to a bishop, charging him not to molest a clerk employed in the royal service, by reason of his non- residence; iu which case he is to be discharged.

Lat. He (the defendant in a criminal case) will not contest it. A plea legally equivalent to that of guilty, being a variation of the form “nolo contendere,” (q. v.,) and sometimes

In English practice. A plea of the general issue by a defendant in a civil action, when he intends to give special matter in evidence by virtue of some act or acts

The state of being notorious or universally well known.

Lat. In the civil law. This term denoted any damage or injury done to persons or property by au unlawful act committed by a man’s slave or animal. An action for damages

Nothing ; no proceeding ; an act or proceeding in a cause which the op- posite party may treat as though it had not taken place, or which lias absolutely no legal