Category: N

As soon as a notary has made presentment and demand of a bill of ex- change, or at some seasonable hour of the same day, he makes a minute on the bill,

In Saxon law. A pecuniary satisfaction for an Injury, amounting to nine times the value of the thing for which It was paid. Spelman.

Anything that unlawfully worketh hurt, inconvenience, or damage. 3 Bl. Comm. 216. That class of wrongs that arise from the unreasonable, unwarrantable, or unlawful use by a person of his own property,

In international law. A, messenger; a minister; the pope’s legate, commonly called a “nuncio.”

An abbreviation for “non allocatur,” it is not allowed.

in French law, Is the contract of pledge; if of a movable, it is called “gage;” and if of an immovable, it is called “antichrHse.” Brown.

Lat. In old English law, a native; specifically, one born into a condition of servitude; a born serf or villein.

Lat. In the civil law. Nautical or maritime interest; an ex- traordinary rate of interest agreed to be paid for the loan of money on the hazard of a voyage ; corresponding

Lat That it be not received. A caveat or warning given to a law officer, by a party in a cause, not to re- ceive the next proceedings of his opponent. 1

Neeessitas excusat aut extenuat delictum in capitalibus, quod non operatur idem in civilibus. Necessity excuses or extenuates a delinquency in capital cases, which has not the same operation In civil cases. Bac.

In old English law. A woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman.

In medical Jurisprudence. A condition of weakness or exhaustion of the general nervous system, giving rise to various forms of mental and bodily inefficiency.

ful. Co. Litt. G6o, 976. A maxim very frequently quoted by Lord Coke, but to be taken in modern law with some qualification. Broom, Max. ISO, 366. Nihil simul inventum est et

I>at. Whether willing or unwilling; consenting or not.

In the name of a penalty. In the civil law, a legacy was said to be left nomine poena where it was left for the purpose of coercing the heir to do

Not admitting of bail; not requiring bail.

Omission on the part of a judge to properly instruct the jury upon a necessary conclusion of law.

Those upon which a decision would not determine the action upon the merits, as a plea in abatement. 1 Chit. Archb. Pr. (12th Ed.) 249.

A writ formerly granted for freeing and discharging persons from serving on assizes and juries. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 165. Non possessorl incumbit neeessitas probandi possessiones ad se pertinere. A person in possession

The vacation between term and term, formerly called the time or days of the king’s peace.