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Lat. Among the property of no person.

Lat. In practice. The name of a writ (now abolished) which, in the English law, lay for a sister co-heiress dispossessed by her coparcener of lands and tenements whereof their father, brother,

Originally the governor of a province under the Mogul government of Hin- dostan, whence it became a mere title of any man of high rank, upon whom it was con- ferred without

The state and condition of a man acquired by birth.

To confer citizenship upon an alien ; to make a foreigner the same, in respect to rights and privileges, as if he were a native citizen or subject.

Lat. A ship; a vessel.

Those tides which happen between the full and change of the moon, twice in every twenty-four hours. Tesche- macher v. Thompson, 18 Cal. 21, 70 Am. Dec. 101.

Omission; failure to do something that one is bound to do; carelessness. The term is used in the law of bailment as synonymous with “negligence.” But the latter word is the closer

Nemo in propria causa testis esse debet. No one ought to be a witness in his own cause. 3 Bl. Comm. 371. Nemo inauditus condcmnari debet si non sit contumax. No man

empowered by them, in which the public acts, resolves, advertisements, and notices are required to be published. Albany County v. Chaplin, 5 Wyo. 74, 37 Pac. 370.

This phrase, when indorsed by ;i grand jury on an indictment, is equivalent to “not found,” “not a true bill,” or “ig- norumus.”

In English law. An account of the names of all the villages and the possessors thereof, in each county, drawn up by several sheriffs, (9 Edw. II.,) and returned by them into

In pleading. The name of a plea to an action of assumpsit brought against the drawee of a bill of exchange by which he denies that he accepted the same.

Lat. It does not appear ; It is not clear or evident. A phrase used in general to state some conclusion as not necessarily following although it may appear on its face

Lat. He did not impede. The plea of the general issue in quare impedit. The Latin form of the law French “ne disturba pas.”

An ancient writ addressed to justices of assize, to inquire whether the magistrates of a town sold victuals in gross or by retail during the time of their being in office, which

Lat It does not follow. Non solent quae abundant vitiare scripturas. Superfluities [things which abound] do not usually vitiate writings. Dig. 50, 17, 94. Non solum quid licet, sed quid est conveniens,

In the Roman calendar. The fifth and, in March. May, July, and October, the seventh day of the month. So called because, counting inclusively, they were nine days from the ides. Adams,

A return sometimes made by sheriffs or constables to a writ of execution; but it is not a technical formula, and is condemned by the courts as ambigu- ous and insufficient. See

The name of an imposition or duty. SeeANTIQUA CUSTUMA.